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Photo by Raul Padilla
Sierra Condiro-Canales, Jalisco, Mexico, April 2016
Vireo nelsoni

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4¼ in)

  • Dark grey crown
  • Whitish broken eyering
  • Whitish lores

Distribution

Central America: found in the arid highlands of south-western Mexico (south-eastern Jalisco to Oaxaca)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Dry and semi-dry shrubland, maybe mixed with oak trees and along stream sides.

Behaviour

Secretive and skulking.

Diet

Their diet is little recorded. They forage low down in bushes.

Breeding

The male helps to incubate the eggs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)

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