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Black-whiskered Vireo

ID Info
Black-whiskered Vireo by Michael Todd | Macaulay Library
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Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
  • ORDER: Passeriformes
  • FAMILY: Vireonidae

Basic Description

A bird of Caribbean forests, the Black-whiskered Vireo reaches the United States only in southern Florida. Restricted to mangroves in Florida, it lives in other upland forest types in the rest of the Caribbean.

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Other Names

  • Vireo bigotudo (Spanish)
  • Viréo à moustaches (French)
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