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Photo Stanley Jones
Cornwall State, St. James Parish, Jamaica, November, 2010
Vireo modestus

Identification

  • Whitish iris
  • Two white wingbars
  • Pink lower bill
  • Greenish above, paler below

Distribution

Jamaica

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1.

Photo by Jan Van den Broeck
Discovery Bay, Jamaica, August 2006

Habitat

Forest, edges and bushes, but not in mangrove and forest plantations. Tolerant to both dry and humid areas and to both lowlands and mountains.

Behaviour

Active but likes to stay hidden in dense vegetation

Its local name (sewi-sewi) imitates one of the common calls of the bird.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054

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