Plumbeous Vireo

Vireo plumbeus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Vireonidae
Genus
Vireo
eBird Code
plsvir

Subspecies (4)

  • Vireo plumbeus gravis

    east-central Mexico (Hidalgo, western Veracruz, and northern and western Puebla)

  • Vireo plumbeus montanus

    southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec) southward to Honduras and northern Nicaragua

  • Vireo plumbeus notius

    pine savanna of Belize

  • Vireo plumbeus plumbeus

    breeds from interior western USA (northward to southern Idaho, Wyoming, southeastern Montana, and southwestern South Dakota), southward to southern Mexico (to Guerrero and central Oaxaca); northern populations migratory, wintering in southwestern USA (southern Arizona) and western Mexico (southern Sonora southward to southwestern Veracruz and Oaxaca), but resident in southern Mexico (Michoacán, and possibly Jalisco, to Oaxaca)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.