Cuban Vireo - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Dave 2x
Cuba, March 2011

Vireo gundlachii

Identification

• Dark olive grey upperparts
• Pale yellow underparts
• White crescent behind eye
• 1-2 faint wingbars
• Pale brown iris

Distribution

	Endemic to Cuba (including Isle of Youth and adjacent islands).
	Legend • V. gundlachii; year-round Maps/Texts consulted1,2

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[2].

Habitat

Woodlands.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, lizards and fruit.

References

1. Raffaele, H, J Wiley, OH Garrido, A Keith, JI Raffaele. 2003. Birds of the West Indies. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691113197
2. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

1. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Cuban Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 December 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cuban_Vireo

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