Vireos (Vireonidae)
Green Shrike-vireo (Vireolanius pulchellus) - HBW 15, p. 416
French: Smaragdan émeraude
German: Smaragdvireo
Spanish: Vireón Esmeralda
Taxonomy: Vireolanius pulchellus P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1859, Guatemala.
Genus formerly placed in its own separate family, Vireolaniidae; alternatively, is sometimes placed in a subfamily, Vireolaniinae. Present species has been placed by some authorities in separate genus, Smaragdolanius, along with V. eximius and V. leucotis. Possibly forms a superspecies with V. eximius and often treated as conspecific, being very similar in plumage and vocalizations; no known intergrades between the two where ranges approach each other in E Panama. Proposed race dearborni (described from CS Guatemala) requires substantiation, and is currently.. View all taxonomy...
Genus formerly placed in its own separate family, Vireolaniidae; alternatively, is sometimes placed in a subfamily, Vireolaniinae. Present species has been placed by some authorities in separate genus, Smaragdolanius, along with V. eximius and V. leucotis. Possibly forms a superspecies with V. eximius and often treated as conspecific, being very similar in plumage and vocalizations; no known intergrades between the two where ranges approach each other in E Panama. Proposed race dearborni (described from CS Guatemala) requires substantiation, and is currently synonymized with nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ramosi A. R. Phillips, 1991 - SE Mexico (S Veracruz E to NC Chiapas and Quintana Roo, S to E Oaxaca).
- pulchellus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1859 - SE Mexico (SE Campeche, SW Quintana Roo), Guatemala (except C highlands), Belize and Caribbean slopes of Honduras and N Nicaragua.
- verticalis Ridgway, 1885 - Nicaragua (on Caribbean slopes), Costa Rica and W Panama (E Veraguas).
- viridiceps Ridgway, 1903 - C Panama (E to Panamá province).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds moving through the forest, one of them making a rasping call Locality Canopy Tower, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp viridiceps)
Dave Jackson 5 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 4.3
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singing male
Locality Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 2 years ago 2
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A bird singing. Locality Navalandia, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp pulchellus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 April 2009 2 years ago 4
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