Family
Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
Vireonidae
61 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The vireos make up a family, Vireonidae, of small to medium-sized passerine birds found in the New World (Canada to Argentina, including Bermuda and the West Indies) and Southeast Asia. The family contains 62 species and is divided into eight genera. "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch.
Species in this family
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey-eyed Greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus
- Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Olivaceous Greenlet Hylophilus olivaceus
- Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis
- Grey-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus
- Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dusky-capped Greenlet Pachysylvia hypoxantha
- Buff-cheeked Greenlet Pachysylvia muscicapina
- Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea
- Trilling Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Pied Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
- Clicking Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius intermedius
- Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer
- Green Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Cozumel Vireo Vireo bairdi
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Slaty Vireo Vireo brevipennis
- San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus
- Yellow-winged Vireo Vireo carmioli
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Noronha Vireo Vireo gracilirostris
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
- Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius eximius
- Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Choco Vireo Vireo masteri
- Jamaican Vireo Vireo modestus
- Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Tepui Vireo Vireo sclateri
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
Lookalikes compared
- Ashy-headed Greenlet vs Lemon-chested Greenlet
- Black-eared Shrike-Babbler vs Clicking Shrike-Babbler
- Black-headed Shrike-Babbler vs White-browed Shrike-Babbler
- Brown-capped Vireo vs Yellow-green Vireo
- Cassin's Vireo vs Plumbeous Vireo
- Green Shrike-Vireo vs Lesser Greenlet
- Grey Vireo vs Cassin's Vireo
- Lesser Greenlet vs Philadelphia Vireo
- Lesser Greenlet vs Red-eyed Vireo
- Lesser Greenlet vs Yellow-throated Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo vs Yucatan Vireo
- Plumbeous Vireo vs Warbling Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo vs Yellow-green Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo vs Yucatan Vireo
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike vs Scrub Greenlet
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike vs Tawny-crowned Greenlet
- Scrub Greenlet vs Lesser Greenlet
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet vs Yellow-throated Vireo
- Warbling Vireo vs Yellow-green Vireo
- Warbling Vireo vs Yucatan Vireo
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler vs Black-eared Shrike-Babbler
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler vs White-bellied Erpornis
- Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo vs Dusky-capped Greenlet
- Yellow-green Vireo vs Black-whiskered Vireo