Vireos (Vireonidae)
Slaty Vireo (Vireo brevipennis) - HBW 15, p. 417
French: Viréo ardoisé
German: Schiefervireo
Spanish: Vireo Pizarroso
Other common names: Green-winged Vireo
Taxonomy: Neochloe brevipennis P. L. Sclater, 1858, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
This genus and Hylophilus sometimes placed together in a subfamily Vireoninae. Present species has been placed by some authors in a monotypic genus, Neochloe, because of its atypically rounded tail and highly distinctive plumage, quite unlike that of all other vireos. Race browni considered poorly differentiated by some authorities, and species sometimes treated as monotypic. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevipennis ( P. L. Sclater, 1858) - C Mexico from Jalisco and Colima E to Morelos, Veracruz and Oaxaca.
- browni ( A. H. Miller & Ray, 1944) - SW Mexico (Guerrero).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying to a bush with fruits, taking one and finally giving a brief good view. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3 -
A bird in a small tree moving and calling. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 3 years ago 15 sec 2 -
A bird in dense vegetation, calling. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 3 years ago 18 sec 2
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A front view of a perched bird.
Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 3 years ago 3.4 -
as usual, obscured in the weeds
Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 3 years ago 1
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A bird giving slightly different versions of its call. Locality Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2009 3 years ago 4.5
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