Yucatan Vireo (Vireo magister)

Other Names (World)
Yucatan Vireo, Belize Vireo

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1871)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Cayman Islands (B), Honduras, Mexico, USA.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Yucatan Vireo (Vireo magister) [XC360848]
by Craig Brookes from Roland's Garden Guesthouse, Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras (scolding)

Yucatan Vireo (Vireo magister) [XC327941]
by Roland Rumm from Cayo Menor , Estaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica , Cayos Cochinos, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies with Noronha Vireo (Vireo gracilirostris), Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis), Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus) and Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

magister (Lawrence, 1871) - South-eastern Mexico (Quintana Roo, including islands of Mujeres and Cozumel) and mainland Belize.
decoloratus (Phillips, AR, 1991) - Islands off Belize (Ambergris Cay south to Turneffe Is).
stilesi (Phillips, AR, 1991) - Glover's Reef (off central Belize) and Bay Is (off northern Honduras).
caymanensis Cory, 1887 - Grand Cayman I.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yucatan Vireo (Vireo magister) - 10 files

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