Vireons , or real vireons [1] ( lat. Vireo ), is a genus of passerine birds from the vireonic family [2] .
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 Yellow-throated Vireon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distribution and lifestyle
Most species live in Central America and northern South America . Almost all species are migratory, however, except for periods of migration, vireons rarely fly long distances.
They live in undergrowths, tree crowns, mangrove swamps . Most species settle in pairs or large groups. Nests are built from leaves and bark.
Vireons have a dull plumage of green, sometimes with a brown or gray back. Outwardly reminiscent of a clapper-stick , but larger. Beak in many species has a bend at the tip. Most male vireons are songbirds , but the song is uncomplicated and monotonous.
They feed on insects, fruits, sometimes spiders and mollusks.
Classification
As of June 2018, 33 species are included in the genus [2] [1] :
- Vireo altiloquus (Vieillot, 1808) - Black-haired vireon , or white-browed vireon
- Vireo approximans Ridgway, 1884
- Vireo atricapilla Woodhouse, 1852 - Black-headed Vireon
- Vireo bairdi Ridgway, 1885 - Island Vireon
- Vireo bellii Audubon, 1844 - Vireon Bella
- Vireo brevipennis (PL Sclater, 1858) - Slate vireon
- Vireo caribaeus Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1942 - Caribbean Vireon
- Vireo carmioli SF Baird, 1866 - Yellow-Striped Vireon
- Vireo cassinii Xántus de Vésey, 1858
- Vireo crassirostris (H. Bryant, 1859) - Thick-billed vireon
- Vireo flavifrons Vieillot, 1808 - Yellow-throated Vireon
- Vireo flavoviridis (Cassin, 1851)
- Vireo gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) - The Singing Vireon
- Vireo gracilirostris Sharpe, 1890
- Vireo griseus (Boddaert, 1783) - White-eyed Vireon
- Vireo gundlachii Lembeye, 1850 - Cuban Vireon
- Vireo huttoni Cassin, 1851 - Short-billed Vireon
- Vireo hypochryseus PL Sclater, 1863 - Golden-bellied Vireon
- Vireo latimeri SF Baird, 1866 - Puerto Rican Vireon
- Vireo leucophrys (Lafresnaye, 1844)
- Vireo magister (SF Baird, 1871) - Yucatan Vireon
- Vireo masteri Salaman & Stiles, 1996
- Vireo modestus PL Sclater, 1861 - Jamaican Vireon
- Vireo nanus (Lawrence, 1875) - Squamous Vireon
- Vireo nelsoni Bond, 1934 - Dwarf Vireon
- Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red-eyed Vireon
- Vireo osburni (PL Sclater, 1861) - Vireon of Osbourne
- Vireo pallens Salvin, 1863 - Mangrove Vireon
- Vireo philadelphicus (Cassin, 1851) - Thin-billed vireon
- Vireo plumbeus Coues, 1866
- Vireo sclateri (Salvin & Godman, 1883)
- Vireo solitarius (A. Wilson, 1810) - Gray-headed vireon
- Vireo vicinior Coues, 1866 - Gray Vireon
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Russian names are given according to the source: Boehme R. L. , Flint V. Ye. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 427-428. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Shrikes, vireos, shrike-babblers : [ eng. ] / F. Gill & D. Donsker (Eds). // IOC World Bird List (v 8.2). - 2018 .-- DOI : 10.14344 / IOC.ML.8.2 . (Retrieved July 17, 2018) .