Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Basket-Bird, Bermuda Vireo, Hanging Bird, Key West Vireo, Politician, Rio Grande Vireo, White-Eyed Greenlet, White-Eyed Vireo
Common Names in French:
Viréo Aux Yeux Blancs
Common Names in German:
Weißaugenvireo
Common Names in Japanese:
メジロモズモドキ
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -15 meters (-51 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
)
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
)
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
)
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Corvida
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)
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
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)
- Family:
Vireonidae
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)
- Genus:
Vireo
(
)
- Vieillot, 1808
- Specific name:
griseus
- Subspecies:
griseus
- Scientific name: - Vireo griseus griseus (Boddaert, 1783)
- Subspecies:
griseus
- Specific name:
griseus
- Genus:
Vireo
(
- Family:
Vireonidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Corvida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Vireo griseus (Boddaert
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Vireo
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. altiloquus (Black-Whiskered Greenlet) · V. altiloquus altiloquus (Black-Whiskered Vireo) · V. atricapilla (Black-Headed Greenlet) · V. atricapillus (Black-Headed Greenlet) · V. bairdi (Cozumel Vireo) · V. bellii (Bell's Greenlet) · V. bellii arizonae (Arizona Bell's Vireo) · V. bellii bellii (Bell's Vireo) · V. bellii pusillus (Bell's Vireo) · V. brevipennis (Slaty Vireo) · V. caribaeus (Saint Andrew Vireo) · V. carmioli (Yellow-Winged Vireo) · V. cassinii (CassinÌs Vireo) · V. cassinii cassinii (CassinÌs Vireo) · V. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Vireo) · V. crassirostris approximans (Thick-Billed Vireo) · V. crassirostris crassirostris (Thick-Billed Vireo) · V. flavifrons (Yellow-Throated Greenlet) · V. flavoviridis (Yellow-Green Vireo) · V. flavoviridis flavoviridis (Yellow-Green Vireo) · V. gilvus (Swainson's Warbling Greenlet) · V. gilvus gilvus (Swainson's Warbling Greenlet) · (Noronha Vireo) · V. griseus (White-Eyed Greenlet) · V. griseus griseus (White-Eyed Greenlet) · V. griseus perquisitor (White-Eyed Vireo) · V. gundlachii (Cuban Vireo) · V. huttoni (Hutton's Greenlet) · V. huttoni carolinae (Hutton's Vireo) · V. huttoni huttoni (Hutton's Greenlet) · V. hypochryseus (Golden Vireo) · V. hypochryseus hypochryseus (Golden Vireo) · V. latimeri (Puerto Rican Vireo) · V. leucophrys (Brown-Capped Vireo) · V. leucophrys leucophrys (Brown-Capped Vireo) · V. magister (Yucatan Vireo) · V. masteri (Choc? Vireo) · V. modestus (Jamaican White Eyed Vireo) · V. nanus (Flat-Billed Vireo) · V. nelsoni (Dwarf Vireo) · V. olivaceus (Red Eyed Vireo) · V. olivaceus olivaceus (Yellow-Green Greenlet) · V. osburni (Blue Mountain Vireo) · V. pallens (Mangrove Vireo) · V. pallens pallens (Mangrove Vireo) · V. philadelphicus (Brotherly-Love Greenlet) · V. plumbeus (Plumbeous Vireo) · V. plumbeus plumbeus (Plumbeous Vireo) · V. solitarius (Blue Headed Vireo) · V. solitarius alticola (Blue-Headed Vireo) · V. solitarius solitarius (Blue-Headed Flycatcher) · V. swainsonii (Western Warbling Vireo) · V. vicinior (Gray Greenlet)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475172
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178993
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907568
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178993
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407001
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 171.540 based on 42 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
