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 2 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 2 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 2 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 34 weeks ago 3
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Song. Locality Pinaleño, Graham County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(ssp plumbeus)
Scott Olmstead 7 June 2009 1 year ago 4
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