Vireos (Vireonidae)
Mangrove Vireo (Vireo pallens) - HBW 15, p. 418
French: Viréo des mangroves
German: Mangrovevireo
Spanish: Vireo de Manglar
Other common names: Pale Vireo; Maya(n) Vireo (semiflavus); Old Providence Vireo (approximans)
Taxonomy: Vireo pallens Salvin, 1863, Realejo, Nicaragua.
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. bairdi, V. caribaeus, V. modestus, V. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus; sometimes treated as race of V. griseus. It has been suggested that two full species are involved, one consisting of Pacific-coast races paluster, ochraceus, nominate and nicoyensis (which are monomorphic), and the other of Caribbean races salvini, .. View all taxonomy...
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. bairdi, V. caribaeus, V. modestus, V. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus; sometimes treated as race of V. griseus. It has been suggested that two full species are involved, one consisting of Pacific-coast races paluster, ochraceus, nominate and nicoyensis (which are monomorphic), and the other of Caribbean races salvini, semiflavus, wetmorei, angulensis, browningi and approximans (which exhibit distinct grey and yellow plumage morphs, and which possibly have distinct vocalizations). Race approximans has been included by some authors in V. crassirostris; it is, however, morphologically and vocally distinctive, and may represent a further separate species; more study required. Proposed race olsoni (described from Turneffe Is, off Belize) treated as a synonym of salvini. Ten subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- paluster R. T. Moore, 1938 - W Mexico (SW Sonora S on coast to Nayarit).
- ochraceus Salvin, 1863 - S Mexico (S Oaxaca) S along coast to Guatemala and W El Salvador (Puerto El Triunfo).
- pallens Salvin, 1863 - S Honduras, W Nicaragua and NW Costa Rica.
- paluster R. T. Moore, 1938 - W Mexico (SW Sonora S on coast to Nayarit).
- ochraceus Salvin, 1863 - S Mexico (S Oaxaca) S along coast to Guatemala and W El Salvador (Puerto El Triunfo).
- pallens Salvin, 1863 - S Honduras, W Nicaragua and NW Costa Rica.
- nicoyensis Parkes, 1990 - Golfo de Nicoya, in W Costa Rica.
- salvini van Rossem, 1934 - SE Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) and N Belize (including Turneffe Is).
- semiflavus Salvin, 1863 - Caribbean lowlands of N Guatemala, S Belize, E Honduras and E Nicaragua (Bluefields).
- wetmorei A. R. Phillips, 1991 - El Cayo, in Bahía de Amatique (N of Puerto Barrios), off extreme E Guatemala.
- angulensis Parkes, 1990 - Bay Is (off N Honduras).
- browningi A. R. Phillips, 1991 - SE Nicaragua.
- approximans Ridgway, 1884 - Old Providence I (E of Nicaragua).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird moving in a tree Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp semiflavus)
Josep del Hoyo 27 September 2006 6 years ago 15 sec 2.6
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Dorsal view
Locality Providencia Island, San Andrés y Providencia Department, Colombia (ssp aproximans)
mauricio rueda 9 April 2012 1 year ago 3.9 -
An individual perched on a branch very close to me!!!
Locality Paquera, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Roberto Guido 25 January 2010 3 years ago 3.7 -
Foraging on a tree
Locality Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern)
rchavezdm 29 January 2012 1 year ago 3.2
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