Brown-capped Vireo

Vireo leucophrys

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Vireonidae
Genus
Vireo
eBird Code
brcvir1

Vocalizations

Christoph Moning · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (14)

  • Vireo leucophrys amauronotus

    mountains of east-central Mexico (Puebla and Veracruz)

  • Vireo leucophrys bulli

    mountains of southeastern Mexico (Oaxaca)

  • Vireo leucophrys chiriquensis

    southern Costa Rica and western Panama

  • Vireo leucophrys costaricensis

    central Costa Rica

  • Vireo leucophrys dissors

    western and central Andes of Colombia

  • Vireo leucophrys dubius

    east-central Mexico

  • Vireo leucophrys eleanorae

    northeastern Mexico

  • Vireo leucophrys josephae

    central Andes of southwestern Colombia (Nariño) and western Ecuador

  • Vireo leucophrys laetissimus

    subtropical southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

  • Vireo leucophrys leucophrys

    eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

  • Vireo leucophrys maranonicus

    western Andes of northern Peru

  • Vireo leucophrys mirandae

    Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia) and mountains of northwestern Venezuela

  • Vireo leucophrys palmeri

    Honduras

  • Vireo leucophrys strenuus

    Chiapas (southern Mexico)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.