Vireos (Vireonidae)
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus) - HBW 15, p. 424
French: Viréo plombé
German: Weißstirnvireo
Spanish: Vireo Plomizo
Other common names: Solitary Vireo (when treated as conspecific with V. cassinii and V. solitarius)
Taxonomy: Vireo plumbeus Coues, 1866, Fort Whipple, Arizona, USA.
Probably forms a superspecies with V. cassinii and V. solitarius; the three were formerly treated as conspecific, but molecular-genetic studies indicate that they merit treatment as separate species. Some authorities suggest that S races notius and montanus may both warrant elevation to rank of full species. Proposed race jacksoni (SC Montana) is synonymized with nominate; in Mexico, proposed races pinicolus (described from Mound Valley, in Chihuahua) and repetens (from Tixtla, in Guerrero) likewise treated as synonyms of nominate. Four subspec.. View all taxonomy...
Probably forms a superspecies with V. cassinii and V. solitarius; the three were formerly treated as conspecific, but molecular-genetic studies indicate that they merit treatment as separate species. Some authorities suggest that S races notius and montanus may both warrant elevation to rank of full species. Proposed race jacksoni (SC Montana) is synonymized with nominate; in Mexico, proposed races pinicolus (described from Mound Valley, in Chihuahua) and repetens (from Tixtla, in Guerrero) likewise treated as synonyms of nominate. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- plumbeus Coues, 1866 - breeds WC USA (S Idaho, Wyoming, SE Montana and SW South Dakota S to E California, C Arizona and W Texas) S to SW Mexico (to Guerrero and SC Oaxaca); winters from S Arizona (rarely) S through W Mexico.
- gravis A. R. Phillips, 1991 - breeds EC Mexico (N & W Puebla, probably NE Hidalgo); winters also S to SE Veracruz.
- notius Van Tyne, 1933 - Belize.
- montanus van Rossem, 1933 - S Mexico (extreme SE Oaxaca, Chiapas) S to Honduras.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Changing of incubation duties by adults. Locality Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 26 May 2009 3 years ago 40 sec 4.8 -
A bird moving about in a tree. Locality Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States)
Paul Clarke 4 October 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 3
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A bird perching
Locality Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 7 May 2007 4 years ago 3.5 -
Perched in nest, which appears to be comprised of cocoons and strips of sycamore bark.
Locality Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
manakin 10 June 2011 1 year ago 3
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Song. Locality Pinaleño, Graham County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(ssp plumbeus)
Scott Olmstead 7 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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