Vireos (Vireonidae)

Jamaican Vireo (Vireo modestus) - HBW 15, p. 421

French: Viréo de Jamaïque German: Jamaikavireo Spanish: Vireo Jamaicano
Other common names: Jamaican White-eyed Vireo

Taxonomy: Vireo modestus P. L. Sclater, 1861, Jamaica.
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. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Jamaica.