Vireos (Vireonidae)
Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii) - HBW 15, p. 421
French: Viréo de Cuba
German: Gundlachvireo
Spanish: Vireo Cubano
Other common names: Gundlach's Vireo
Taxonomy: Vireo gundlachii Lembeye, 1850, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
This genus and Hylophilus sometimes placed together in a subfamily Vireoninae. Closely related to eight other scrub-dwelling vireos, namely V. griseus, V. crassirostris, V. pallens, V. bairdi, V. caribaeus, V. modestus, V. latimeri and V. nanus; sometimes treated as conspecific with V. griseus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gundlachii Lembeye, 1850 - Cuba (except SE) and I of Pines.
- sanfelipensis Garrido, 1973 - Cayo Real (W of I of Pines).
- magnus Garrido, 1971 - Cayo Cantiles (E of I of Pines).
- orientalis Todd, 1916 - SE Cuba (E of Camagüey).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 6 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding in a bush Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 July 2004 6 years ago 19 sec 3.3
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Adult singing in the bushes
Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba
Photo-ay 31 December 2008 2 years ago 0
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Natural calls of one individual in an open forest. Locality El Cubano Park, Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Kini Roesler 12 March 2009 2 years ago 3
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