Copyright: monacoeye • All rights reserved • Serra dos Tucanos, September 2011

Bird name: Red Eyed Vireo
Latin: Vireo olivaceus
Other: Vireo ojirrojo (Es) • Juruviara (Br)
Family: Vireonidae • Vireos
Range: Canada through Amazonia, South America
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The Red Eyed Vireo has a red iris, thin black stripe above white supercilium, light underparts, yellowy green upperparts.

There are resident North American and South American populations, both migrating. A South-American resident group is called Chivi Vireo - birds have brown eyes and yellow vent.

The Chivi Vireo pictured above was seen at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge near Rio in September. Red-eyed Vireos are seen in many forests of South America, many for example in Oriente, Ecuador, in March. We saw a migrant Red-eyed Vireo at the Finca Hartmann in western Panama, in May (further below).More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Yellow-winged Vireo
Latin: Vireo carmioli
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Family: Vireonidae • Vireos
Range: Costa Rica and western Panama

An endearingly curious small bird, the Yellow-winged Vireo can only be found in the western highlands of Panama and in Costa Rica.

Two yellow wing-bars, pale yellow under eye, broad supercilium, pale yellow underneath.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, April 2010

Bird name: Yellow Green Vireo
Latin: Vireo flavoviridis
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Family: Vireonidae • Vireos
Range: Widespread Middle America, also S Texas

The Yellow-Green Vireo in Panama, seen here in El Valle.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Brown Capped Vireo
Latin: Vireo leucophrys
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Family: Vireonidae • Vireos
Range: Mexico to N Bolivia

The Brown-capped Vireo has a thin pointed bill and brown cap. I saw this one in the forest above the Los Quetzales lodge in Chiriqui, Panama. In Panama, the Brown-capped Vireo only found in the western highlands.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Canopy Tower, April 2010

Bird name: Green Shrike Vireo
Latin: Vireolanius pulchellus
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Family: Vireonidae • Vireos
Range: SE Mexico to Panama

Just a record shot of a Green Shrike-Vireo spotted from the observation deck of the Canopy Tower in central Panama. Note the vivid green plumage.

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, RJ • November 2009

Bird name: Plain Antvireo
Latin: Dysithamnus mentalis
Other: Choquinha-lisa (Br)
Family: Thamnophilidae • Antvireos

This Plain Antvireo is a forest bird, so a degree of patience was required for this photo. This antvireo is distributed throughout much of Brazil and most of Latin America. The male, pictured, has a white chest and yellow belly with dark upperparts. The female has a rufous cap.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, RJ • November 2009

Bird name: Rufous Browed Peppershrike
Latin: Cychlarhis gujanensis
Other: Pitiguari (Br)
Family: Vireonidae • Vireos

The Rufous-browed Peppershrike is supposedly a very common bird around Brazil, but this was the only individual I noticed on my recent trip. He was high in a tree so this is just a record shot. Its range extends from Mexico to Argentina.

The Rufous Browed Peppershrike is identified by its heavy bill, rufous brow, yellow chest, whitish buff belly. This southeastern Cychlaris gujanensis ochrocephala subspecies has a brown cap, other subspecies have a light grey cap. Upperside of wings, back and tail are green.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, RJ • November 2009

Bird name: Rufous Crowned Greenlet
Latin: Hylophilus poicilotis
Other: Verdinho-coroado
Family: Vireonidae • Greenlets

The Rufous-crowned Greenlet is mostly green on top, light underneath, with a rufous crown!

The Rufous-crowned Greenlet is mostly endemic to the Atlantic forest of Brazil, with a small pocket living further west. This one was quite visible in amongst this bamboo, moving frequently and hanging at various angles while looking for food (small insects?)More photos...

155 Vireonidae - Vireos, Greenlets - IOC 2.5 2010

includes Erpornis and Pteruthius

Cyclarhis gujanensis - Rufous-browed Peppershrike - Widespread Latin America
Cyclarhis nigrirostris - Black-billed Peppershrike - Colombia, Ecuador

Vireolanius melitophrys - Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo - C Mexico to Guatemala
Vireolanius pulchellus - Green Shrike-Vireo - SE Mexico to Panama
Vireolanius eximius - Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo - Colombia, Venezuela, South America, also E Panama
Vireolanius leucotis - Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo - Amazonia

Vireo brevipennis - Slaty Vireo - S Mexico
Vireo griseus - White-eyed Vireo - E North America, Middle America
Vireo crassirostris - Thick-billed Vireo - West Indies
Vireo pallens - Mangrove Vireo - Widespread Middle America
Vireo approximans - Providencia Vireo - Isla Providencia, Isla Santa Catalina
Vireo bairdi - Cozumel Vireo - Cozumel
Vireo caribaeus - San Andres Vireo - Isla Andrés
Vireo modestus - Jamaican Vireo - Jamaica
Vireo gundlachii - Cuban Vireo - Cuba
Vireo latimeri - Puerto Rican Vireo - Puerto Rico
Vireo nanus - Flat-billed Vireo - Hispaniola
Vireo bellii - Bell's Vireo - SC, SW USA to Nicaragua
Vireo atricapilla - Black-capped Vireo - SC USA, Mexico
Vireo nelsoni - Dwarf Vireo - SW Mexico
Vireo vicinior - Grey Vireo - SW USA, NW Mexico
Vireo osburni - Blue Mountain Vireo - Jamaica
Vireo flavifrons - Yellow-throated Vireo - E North America
Vireo plumbeus - Plumbeous Vireo - W North America, Middle America
Vireo cassinii - Cassin's Vireo - W North America
Vireo solitarius - Blue-headed Vireo - E North America
Vireo carmioli - Yellow-winged Vireo - Costa Rica, Panama
Vireo masteri - Choco Vireo - Colombia
Vireo huttoni - Hutton's Vireo - SW Canada to W Guatemala
Vireo hypochryseus - Golden Vireo - W Mexico
Vireo gilvus - Warbling Vireo - Widespread North America, Middle America
Vireo leucophrys - Brown-capped Vireo - Mexico to N Bolivia
Vireo philadelphicus - Philadelphia Vireo - N North America
Vireo olivaceus - Red-eyed Vireo - Canada through Amazonia
Vireo gracilirostris - Noronha Vireo - Ihla Fernando de Noronha
Vireo flavoviridis - Yellow-green Vireo - Widespread Middle America, also S Texas
Vireo altiloquus - Black-whiskered Vireo - SE USA, West Indies
Vireo magister - Yucatan Vireo - C, Middle America, also Cayman Islands

Hylophilus poicilotis - Rufous-crowned Greenlet - SC, SE South America
Hylophilus amaurocephalus - Grey-eyed Greenlet - E Brazil
Hylophilus thoracicus - Lemon-chested Greenlet - C, SE South America
Hylophilus semicinereus - Grey-chested Greenlet - Amazonia
Hylophilus pectoralis - Ashy-headed Greenlet - N, C Amazonia
Hylophilus sclateri - Tepui Greenlet - Tepuis
Hylophilus brunneiceps - Brown-headed Greenlet - W Amazonia, C Brazil
Hylophilus semibrunneus - Rufous-naped Greenlet - NW Venezuela to E Ecuador
Hylophilus aurantiifrons - Golden-fronted Greenlet - N, South America, also Panama
Hylophilus hypoxanthus - Dusky-capped Greenlet - Amazonia
Hylophilus muscicapinus - Buff-cheeked Greenlet - Amazonia
Hylophilus flavipes - Scrub Greenlet - Costa Rica to N Venezuela
Hylophilus olivaceus - Olivaceous Greenlet - Ecuador & Peru
Hylophilus ochraceiceps - Tawny-crowned Greenlet - S Mexico through Amazonia
Hylophilus decurtatus - Lesser Greenlet - E Mexico to NW Peru

Erpornis zantholeuca - White-bellied Erpornis - Himalayas to Borneo

Pteruthius rufiventer - Black-headed Shrike-Babbler - Himalayas to NW Vietnam
Pteruthius flaviscapis - White-browed Shrike-Babbler - Widespread Asia
Pteruthius xanthochlorus - Green Shrike-Babbler - Himalayas to NE Burma
Pteruthius melanotis - Black-eared Shrike-Babbler - Himalayas to W Malaysia
Pteruthius aenobarbus - Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler - NE India to S Laos, Java