San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus)

Other Names (World)
San Andres Vireo, St Andrew Vireo

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1942

Habitat
Coconut plantations with scattered trees and scrub, dry lowland woodland and inland mangrove swamps, mesophytic woodland and brushy pastures.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B).

San Andr�s I (east of Nicaragua), in south-western Caribbean.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and stable.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through convertion to agriculture and coconut-palm plantations is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Three different types, unusual among vireos. Repetitive chatter of single-syllable notes, given 2-20 times. Two-syllabled song, 'se-wi, se-wi', uttered 1-15 times. Variable three-syllabled song. Both sexes have a single contact note.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus) [XC86772]
by Myornis from Scrub west of San Luis, San Andres island, Colombia (call)

San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus) [XC316761]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Big Pond, San Andres isla, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

This genus and Hylophilus sometimes placed together in a subfamily Vireoninae. Closely related to eight other scrub-dwelling vireos, namely White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus), Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo crassirostris), Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens), Cozumel Vireo (Vireo bairdi), Jamaican Vireo (Vireo modestus), Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii), Puerto Rican Vireo (Vireo latimeri) and Flat-billed Vireo (Vireo nanus). Sometimes treated as conspecific with White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) or with Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens), but differs significantly from these in plumage and vocalizations.

References
See References.

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