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[[Image:Near-endemic cracking Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo - Vireolanius eximius - Porce C Andes.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Central Andes, [[Colombia]], July/August 2012]]
 
[[Image:Near-endemic cracking Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo - Vireolanius eximius - Porce C Andes.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br />Central Andes, [[Colombia]], July/August 2012]]
 
;[[:Category:Vireolanius|Vireolanius]] eximius
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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14 cm
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*Sky-nlue forehead, crown and nape
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*Greenish patch on rear crown
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*Yellow area under eye
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Colombia]], [[Panama]], and [[Venezuela]].
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Southern [[Central America|Central]] and northern [[South America]]<br />
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'''Central America''': occurs only in [[Panama]]<br />
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''V. e. mutabilis'':
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:*Extreme eastern [[Panama]] (Darién) and north-western [[Colombia]]
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*''V. e. eximius'':
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:*Tropical northern Colombia and north-western [[Venezuela]] (Zulia and Táchira)
  
==Taxonomy==
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Tropical lowland rainforest.
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Generally found in the lowlands in humid forest and tall second-growth woodland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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There is little known about their diet, but they glean in the canopy. It is thought they eat much the same foodstuff as [[Green Shrike-Vireo]].
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Vireolanius+eximius}}
 
{{GSearch|Vireolanius+eximius}}

Latest revision as of 21:46, 4 April 2015

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Central Andes, Colombia, July/August 2012
Vireolanius eximius

Identification

14 cm

  • Sky-nlue forehead, crown and nape
  • Greenish patch on rear crown
  • Yellow area under eye

Distribution

Southern Central and northern South America
Central America: occurs only in Panama
South America: Colombia and Venezuela

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • V. e. mutabilis:
  • V. e. eximius:
  • Tropical northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela (Zulia and Táchira)

Habitat

Generally found in the lowlands in humid forest and tall second-growth woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little known about their diet, but they glean in the canopy. It is thought they eat much the same foodstuff as Green Shrike-Vireo.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)

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