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

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Singing in Sea-Grape trees adjacent to a beach Locality Breezes Jibacoa, Santa Cruz del Norte, Mayabeque Province, Cuba (ssp gundlachii)
Joe Angseesing 15 May 2011 41 weeks ago 5
Natural calls of one individual in an open forest. Locality El Cubano Park, Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
Kini Roesler 12 March 2009 3 years ago 3