Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
Vireonidae
The vireos /ˈvɪri.oʊz/ make up a family, Vireonidae, of small to medium-sized passerine birds found in the New World (Canada to Argentina,including the West Indies) and Southeast Asia, "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 66 known species
Vireos
genusVireo
Peppershrikes
genusCyclarhis
Canopy Greenlets
genusPachysylvia
Scrub Greenlets
genusHylophilus
Shrike-Babblers
genusPteruthius
Erpornis
genusErpornis
Shrike-Vireos
genusVireolanius
Tawny-crowned Greenlets
genusTunchiornis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 17354.