Mangrove vireo

Vireo pallens

The mangrove vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.
Vireo pallens  Mangrove vireo,Vireo pallens

Appearance

A drab olive or olive-grey bird, the mangrove vireo has yellow lores and two white wing bars. Sexes are similar. It is approximately 10 cm long. There are two disjunct populations of this vireo: Caribbean and Pacific. The Caribbean population has both yellow and grey colour phases, while the Pacific population has no colour phases.

Naming

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⤷  ''V. p. angulensis'' : The Bay Islands of Honduras.
⤷  ''V. p. browningi'' : Southeastern Nicaragua.
⤷  ''V. p. nicoyensis'' : Peninsula and Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica.
⤷  ''V. p. ochraceus'' : Pacific mangroves from Oaxaca to El Salvador .
⤷  ''V. p. olsoni'' : Parts of Belize.
⤷  ''V. p. pallens'' : Honduras and Nicaragua.
⤷  ''V. p. paluster'' : Pacific mangroves from Sonora to Nayarit .
⤷  ''V. p. salvini'' : Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and adjacent islands.
⤷  ''V. p. semiflavus'' : Southernmost Campeche, southernmost Quintana Roo, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
⤷  ''V. p. wetmorei'' : Eastern-most Guatemala.

Status

The IUCN has classified this species as being of Least Concern.

Habitat

It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The Pacific population is restricted, as the name suggests, to mangroves, while the Caribbean population occupies a wider range of habitats.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyVireonidae
GenusVireo
SpeciesV. pallens
Photographed in
Costa Rica