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Brown-capped Vireo
Vireo leucophrys
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About the Brown-capped Vireo
The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, much of Central America, and in South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Vireo leucophrys
- Family
- Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Cozumel Vireo Vireo bairdi
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
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