Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Roodoogvireo
Common Names in English:
Little Hang-Nest, Preacher Bird, Red-Eye, Red-Eyed Greenlet, Red-Eyed Vireo, The Preacher, Yellow-Green Greenlet
Common Names in French:
Viréo à Oeil Rouge, Viréo Aux Yeux Rouges
Common Names in German:
Rotaugenvireo
Common Names in Italian:
Vireo Occhirossi
Common Names in Japanese:
アカメモズモドキ
Common Names in Spanish:
Vireo Ojirrojo, Vireo Ojo Rojo
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,943 meters (0 to 6,375 feet).[1]
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
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Corvida
()
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Vireonidae
()
- Genus:
Vireo
()
- Vieillot, 1808
- Specific name:
olivaceus
- Subspecies:
olivaceus
- Scientific name: - Vireo olivaceus olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Subspecies:
olivaceus
- Specific name:
olivaceus
- 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 olivaceus (Linnaeus
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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Further Reading
- Birds of Volcán de Chiriquí, Panama. 36 1958 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. url p. 553.
- Birds of the Sierra Macarena, eastern Colombia. 44 1962 Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum, 1962. url p. 106.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 354, p. 49, p. 50, p. 53.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1935 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1935. url p. 147.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 122.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1976 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 179.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 160.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 11, p. 14, p. 8.
- The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 512.
- The birds of El Salvador, by Donald R. Dickey and A. J. Van Rossem. 23 1938 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 471.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 12 1964 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 637.
- Variation in the jaw musculature of the avian family Vireonidae / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1981. url p. 4.
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 September 30, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 24508
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850221
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 643761
Footnotes
- Mean = 261.770 meters (858.825 feet), Standard Deviation = 122.880 based on 471 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
