The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills.
The four genera of these insectivorous birds make up the family Vireonidae, and are believed to be related to the New World warblers in the family Parulidae.
the four genera can be conveniently catergorised as the true vireos, the greenlets, the shrike-vireos and the peppershrikes.
Species list:
- Genus Vireo, the true vireos
- Slaty Vireo, Vireo brevipennis
- White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus
- Thick-billed Vireo, Vireo crassirostris
- Mangrove Vireo, Vireo pallens
- Cozumel Vireo, Vireo bairdi
- St. Andrew Vireo, Vireo caribaeus
- Jamaican Vireo, Vireo modestus
- Cuban Vireo, Vireo gundlachii
- Puerto Rican Vireo, Vireo latimeri
- Flat-billed Vireo, Vireo nanus
- Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii
- Black-capped Vireo, Vireo atricapillus
- Dwarf Vireo, Vireo nelsoni
- Gray Vireo, Vireo vicinior
- Blue Mountain Vireo, Vireo osburni
- Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
- Plumbeous Vireo, Vireo plumbeus
- Cassin's Vireo, Vireo cassinii
- Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-winged Vireo, Vireo carmioli
- Hutton's Vireo, Vireo huttoni
- Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus
- Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys
- Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus
- Choco Vireo, Vireo masteri
- Golden Vireo, Vireo hypochryseus
- Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis
- Noronha Vireo, Vireo gracilirostris
- Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus
- Yucatan Vireo, Vireo magister
- Genus Hylophilus, the greenlets[?]
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus poicilotis
- Gray-eyed Greenlet, Hylophilus amaurocephalus
- Lemon-chested Greenlet, Hylophilus thoracicus
- Gray-chested Greenlet, Hylophilus semicinereus
- Ashy-headed Greenlet, Hylophilus pectoralis
- Tepui Greenlet, Hylophilus sclateri
- Buff-cheeked Greenlet, Hylophilus muscicapinus
- Brown-headed Greenlet, Hylophilus brunneiceps
- Dusky-capped Greenlet, Hylophilus hypoxanthus
- Rufous-naped Greenlet, Hylophilus semibrunneus
- Olivaceous Greenlet, Hylophilus olivaceus
- Scrub Greenlet, Hylophilus flavipes
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet, Hylophilus ochraceiceps
- Golden-fronted Greenlet, Hylophilus aurantiifrons
- Lesser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus
- Genus Vireolanius, the shrike-vireos[?]
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo, Vireolanius melitophrys
- Green Shrike-Vireo, Vireolanius pulchellus
- Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo, Vireolanius eximius
- Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo, Vireolanius leucotis
- Genus Cyclarhis, the peppershrikes[?]
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
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