Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii)

Other Names (World)
Cuban Vireo, Gundlach's Vireo

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lembeye, 1850

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Cuba.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) [XC72530]
by Brian Cox from Los Hondones (approximate), Matanzas Province, Cuba (song)

Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) [XC574067]
by Nils Navarro from La Palma, Pinar del R\u00edo, Cuba (song)

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), San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus), Jamaican Vireo (Vireo modestus), Puerto Rican Vireo (Vireo latimeri) and Flat-billed Vireo (Vireo nanus). Sometimes treated as conspecific with White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

gundlachii Lembeye, 1850 - Cuba (except south-east) and I of Pines.
sanfelipensis Garrido, 1973 - Cayo Real (west of I of Pines).
magnus Garrido, 1971 - Cayo Cantiles (east of I of Pines).
orientalis Todd, 1916 - South-eastern Cuba (east of Camagüey).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) - 10 files

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