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Black-capped Vireo

Vireo atricapillaWoodhouse, SW, 1852

English (US) Black-capped Vireo

The Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vireonidae (Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: breeds Oklahoma (formerly southern Kansas) to northern Mexico (Coahuila); winters to GuerreroRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Vireo atricapilla
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Black-capped Vireo
Described by
Woodhouse, SW, 1852

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Woodhouse, SW, 1852
Type locality
Rio San Pedro, 208 miles from San Antonio, on road to El Paso del Norte, Texas [= Devils River, near Sonora, Sutton County, Texas, fide Deignan, 1961, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 221, p. 511].
Original description
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 p.60

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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