Includes Providencia Vireo
- 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
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Providencia (politically a part of Colombia).
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- V. p. paluster:
- mangroves from southwestern Sonora to northwestern Jalisco (northwestern Mexico)
- V. p. semiflavus:
- Mainly along coast and on offshore islands from southeastern Guatemala to far northeastern Costa Rica
- V. p. ochraceus:
- Mangroves of Oaxaca (southwestern Mexico) to western El Salvador
- V. p. salvini:
- V. p. approximans
- V. p. pallens:
- V. p. angulensis:
- Bay Islands (off northern Honduras)
- V. p. nicoyensis:
- Nicoya Peninsula and eastern side of Gulf of Nicoya (northwestern 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.
Some other subspecies (wetmorei, browningi, olsoni) are not generally recognized.
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
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Birdforum thread discussing id of Mangrove Vireo
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Mangrove Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mangrove_Vireo
External Links
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