Vireos (Vireonidae)
Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo crassirostris) - HBW 15, p. 418
French: Viréo à bec fort
German: Dickschnabelvireo
Spanish: Vireo Piquigrueso
Other common names: Large-billed Vireo
Taxonomy: Laniovireo crassirostris H. Bryant, 1859, New Providence, Bahama Islands.
This genus and Hylophilus sometimes placed together in a subfamily Vireoninae. Closely related to eight other scrub-dwelling vireos, namely V. griseus, V. pallens, V. bairdi, V. caribaeus, V. modestus, V. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus; probably closest to V. griseus, which has been treated as conspecific. Race approximans of V. pallens has sometimes been placed with this species, but is morphologically and vocally distinctive, and may represent a separate species. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- crassirostris ( H. Bryant, 1859) - Bahama Is.
- stalagmium Buden, 1985 - Caicos Is.
- tortugae Richmond, 1917 - Tortuga I, off NW Hispaniola.
- crassirostris ( H. Bryant, 1859) - Bahama Is.
- stalagmium Buden, 1985 - Caicos Is.
- tortugae Richmond, 1917 - Tortuga I, off NW Hispaniola.
- cubensis Kirkconnell & Garrido, 2000 - Cayo Paredón Grande, off N Cuba.
- alleni Cory, 1886 - Cayman Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult male singing Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 19 March 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 3.7
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Lateral view of bird in foliage
Locality Bahamas (ssp crassirostris)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 January 2010 2 years ago 2.7 -
Adult male
Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 18 March 2010 1 year ago 2
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2 song types of a male Locality Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas
(ssp crassirostris)
Stuart Fisher 27 May 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Adult male singing Locality Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 19 March 2010 1 year ago 3
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