- Vireo carmioli
Identification
11–11·5 cm (4¼-4½ in)
- Olive-green upperparts
- Black wings with two yellow wing bars and yellow edges on flight feathers
- Yellow supercilium, and arc below the eye separated by a darker stripe to lores
- Pale throat
- Pale yellow underparts
- Olive tinge on the flanks
Young birds are browner above and have very pale yellow underparts
Similar species
Facial pattern of broad supercilium and broad arc below the eye reminds of Warbling Vireo which otherwise is quite different. There is very little overlap in range with Yellow Warbler and Yellow Tyrannulet which also differ in a number of details.
Distribution
Central America: found in Costa Rica and western Panama.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Canopy of mountain forest from 1000 to 3000 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of insects, spiders and berries.
Breeding
Both adults construct a cup-shaped nest from green leaves, placed in the fork of a small branch. The clutch contains 2 white eggs with dark-spots which are incubated by both parents who also feed the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-winged Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-winged_Vireo
