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Is this a Mangrove Vireo? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Peter Keijer
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Birdingcraft
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By range and time of year, it is probably Mangrove Vireo but Im not 100% sure that it is not White-eyed Vireo because the yellow lores and coloration around the eyes looks more like White-eyed Vireo to me (orange-yellow as opposed to the paler lemon yellow show by Mangrove).
The pale eye also suggests White-eyed Vireo BUT Mangrove Vireos can rarely show a pale colored eye so this character alone is not diagnostic.
In all likelihood, its probably Mangrove Vireo but I wouldnt call it that for sure.
The pale eye also suggests White-eyed Vireo BUT Mangrove Vireos can rarely show a pale colored eye so this character alone is not diagnostic.
In all likelihood, its probably Mangrove Vireo but I wouldnt call it that for sure.
It's not a White-eyed Vireo: they have wingbars and a shorter, straighter bill. Don't know anything about Mangrove Vireos, so I can't help there.
Best,
Jim
This looks like a worn individual to me, so it might have had wing bars a few month ago 
The single image of mangrove vireo in our gallery is a drab, greyish individual, so this could possibly have been a different extreme?
Niels
The single image of mangrove vireo in our gallery is a drab, greyish individual, so this could possibly have been a different extreme?
Niels
Birdingcraft
Well-known member
Mangrove Vireos also have wing bars and overall are fairly similar to White eyed Vireos. As Niels mentions, the wing bars on this individual arent visible because of heavy wear. Must be a Mangrove Vireo though with a lot of color on the face (maybe because its worn?). Mangrove Vireos on the Pacific slope are grayish while birds from the Yucatan are often more yellowish like this individual.
Peter Keijer
Well-known member
Thanks then I think than it is a mangrove Vireo,because I took the picture
near a road along a mangrove in lowland.
