Golden Vireo (Pachysylvia hypochrysea)

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
12.50 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1862)

Habitat
Dry scrubby open woodlands, hedgerows, brushy arroyos, borders. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A 'weer, weer, weer, peek'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Golden Vireo (Vireo hypochryseus) [XC501559]
by Richard E. Webster from , Mexico (song)

Golden Vireo (Vireo hypochryseus) [XC274806]
by Jesper Bay Jacobsen from Sierra de Miahuatl\u00e1n--La Soledad, Oaxaca, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

nitidus van Rossem, 1934 - Southern Sonora, in north-western Mexico.
hypochryseus (Sclater, 1862) - Western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Oaxaca.
sordidus Nelson, 1898 - Tres Marias Is, off Nayarit (western Mexico).

References
See References.

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