- 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
- 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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-browed_Shrike-Vireo
