Vireos (Vireonidae)

San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus) - HBW 15, p. 419

French: Viréo de San Andrés German: San-Andrés-Vireo Spanish: Vireo de San Andrés
Other common names: St Andrew Vireo

Taxonomy: Vireo caribaeus Bond and Meyer de Schauensee, 1942, San Andrés, SW Caribbean.
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. modestus, V. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus. Sometimes treated as conspecific with V. griseus or with V. pallens, but differs significantly from these in plumage and vocalizations. Monotypic.

Distribution: San Andrés I (E of Nicaragua), in SW Caribbean.