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Cuban Vireo

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Vireo gundlachii

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[edit] Identification

  • Dark olive grey above
  • Pale yellow below
  • White crescent behind eye
  • 1-2 faint wingbars
  • Pale brown iris

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Cuba (incl. Isle of Youth and adjacent islands).
Legend

• V. gundlachii; year-round
Maps/Texts consulted1,2

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Woodlands.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects, lizards and fruit.

[edit] References

  1. Raffaele, H, J Wiley, OH Garrido, A Keith, JI Raffaele. 2003. Birds of the West Indies. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691113197
  2. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019

Arthur Grosset

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