Vireos (Vireonidae)

Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus) - HBW 15, p. 432

French: Viréo à moustaches German: Bartvireo Spanish: Vireo Bigotudo

Taxonomy: Muscicapa altiloqua Vieillot, 1808, St Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Probably forms a superspecies with V. olivaceus, V. gracilirostris, V. flavoviridis and V. magister. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

barbatulus ( Cabanis, 1855) - breeds SE USA (S Florida from Pasco and Volusia Counties S to Keys), Bahama Is, Cuba (including I of Pines), Little Cayman and Cayman Brac; migrates to South America (Amazon Basin).
altiloquus ( Vieillot, 1808) - breeds Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico; migrates to N South America.
grandior ( Ridgway, 1884) - Old Providence I (E of Nicaragua), in SW Caribbean.

See all 6 subspecies

barbatulus ( Cabanis, 1855) - breeds SE USA (S Florida from Pasco and Volusia Counties S to Keys), Bahama Is, Cuba (including I of Pines), Little Cayman and Cayman Brac; migrates to South America (Amazon Basin).
altiloquus ( Vieillot, 1808) - breeds Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico; migrates to N South America.
grandior ( Ridgway, 1884) - Old Providence I (E of Nicaragua), in SW Caribbean.
canescens ( Cory, 1887) - San Andrés I (E of Nicaragua), in SW Caribbean.
bonairensis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1948 - Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire) and Margarita I (off NE Venezuela).
barbadensis ( Ridgway, 1874) - Lesser Antilles (from St Croix S to Barbados), possibly also Trinidad.