Vireos (Vireonidae)

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) - HBW 15, p. 417

French: Viréo aux yeux blancs German: Weißaugenvireo Spanish: Vireo Ojiblanco
Other common names: Veracruz Vireo (perquisitor)

Taxonomy: Tanagra grisea Boddaert, 1783, New Orleans, New Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.
This genus and Hylophilus sometimes placed together in a subfamily Vireoninae. Closely related to eight other scrub-dwelling vireos, namely V. crassirostris, V. pallens, V. bairdi, V. caribaeus, V. modestus, V. gundlachii, V. latimeri and V. nanus; probably closest to V. crassirostris, which has been treated as conspecific. Race perquisitor sometimes thought to represent a separate species. Conversely, noveboracensis sometimes synonymized with nominate. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

noveboracensis ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - NC USA (Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana E to New York and Connecticut, S to Alabama); migrates to SE Mexico and S to Honduras, also Cuba.
griseus ( Boddaert, 1783) - SE USA (coastal plain from S Virginia to N Florida, then W to Texas); migrates mainly to SE Mexico, N Guatemala, Belize and N Honduras.
maynardi Brewster, 1887 - S Florida.

See all 7 subspecies

noveboracensis ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - NC USA (Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana E to New York and Connecticut, S to Alabama); migrates to SE Mexico and S to Honduras, also Cuba.
griseus ( Boddaert, 1783) - SE USA (coastal plain from S Virginia to N Florida, then W to Texas); migrates mainly to SE Mexico, N Guatemala, Belize and N Honduras.
maynardi Brewster, 1887 - S Florida.
bermudianus Bangs & Bradlee, 1901 - Bermuda.
micrus Nelson, 1899 - extreme S USA (S Texas) and NE Mexico (S to N San Luis Potosí).
perquisitor Nelson, 1900 - E Mexico (S San Luis Potosí, N Veracruz).
marshalli A. R. Phillips, 1991 - EC Mexico (uplands of S San Luis Potosí and N Hidalgo).