Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Amazonas, Brazil, June, 2014

Vireolanius leucotis

Identification

14–15 cm

• Slate grey crown and head sides
• Bright yellow supercilium
• Yellow spot below eye
• Olive-green upperparts
• Yellow underparts
• Olive-green flanks and sides
• Green eyes
• Pink legs
• Bill

• Black upper mandible
• Grey lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• V. l. mikettae:

• Western slope of Western Andes of Colombia and north-western Ecuador

• V. l. leucotis:

• South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, northern Peru, the Guianas and north-western Brazil

• V. l. simplex:

• Brazil (south of the Amazon) to southern Peru (Huánuco to northern Cuzco)

• V. l. bolivianus:

• South-eastern Peru (Cuzco) to northern Bolivia

Habitat

Wet forest and forest borders in foothills and lower highlands. Usually seen in the canopy.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of arthropods, especially items such as grasshoppers.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
4. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slaty-capped_Shrike-Vireo

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