Mangrove Vireo - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies pallens.
Photo by firecrest15
Tarcoles river delta, western Costa Rica May, 2009

Vireo pallens

Identification

Iris varies from dark to pale. Plumage varies from yellowish on Yucatan and western Mexico to greyish on the Pacific side (especially south from Honduras). Most birds have pale lemon-yellow supraloral.

Distribution

Subspecies semiflavus.
Photo by njlarsen
Ria Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico May, 2012

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Providencia (politically a part of Colombia).

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• V. p. paluster:

• Mangroves of north-western Mexico (extreme south-western Sonora to Nayarit)

• V. p. semiflavus:

• South-eastern Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) to Belize and Nicaragua

• V. p. ochraceus:

• Mangroves of Pacific coast of Guatemala and El Salvador

• V. p. approximans

• Isla Providéncia and Isla Santa Catalina (Caribbean Sea)

• V. p. pallens:

• Mangroves of western Honduras to western Nicaragua and western Costa Rica

The subspecies approximans has in the past been considered a subspecies of Thick-billed Vireo. it is sometimes considered a full species, Providencia Vireo.
A further 6 spubspecies (nicoyensis, salvini, wetmorei, angulensis, browningi, olsoni) are not generally recognized^[1].

Habitat

Forests, coastal mangrove forest and shrubland. Except for on Yucatán, only found very close to the coast.

Behaviour

Vocalizations

Calls often consist of repetitions of a single sound. Song can be more varied, sometimes suggesting House Wren^[4].

Recording of call by njlarsen near Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico. Bird is subspecies semiflavus

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Birdforum thread discussing id of Mangrove Vireo
4. Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mangrove Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mangrove_Vireo

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