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A striking bird, adult chestnut-sided shrike-vireos have bright green backs and largely white undersides punctuated by their eponymous chestnut flanks that meet in a chest band. The head is characterized by a slate crown and nape, golden-yellow eyebrows that sometimes reach the lores at the bill base, black eyelines that are thin near the bill and thickest where they meet the gray nape, white cheeks, thin black malars, and a white throat. The legs are pink, and irides are yellow. Voice: The song is a complex, multi-pitched single-syllable whistle that quickly ascends in pitch with multiple harmonics before a longer, less harmonized descent, often given in repeated succession with pauses between whistles generally lasting between 0.7–1 seconds. Calls consist of a hoarse chatter, similar to many other species of Vireonid.
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When to see the Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo
The chestnut-sided shrike-vireo, sometimes called the honey-browed shrike-vireo, is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, and probably the largest member of the entire family. A widespread species of subtropical and tropical moist montane forests, this species is found from Jalisco and San Luis Potosí, Mexico in the north to southern Guatemala.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-browed Shrike-VireoVireolanius eximiusThe yellow-browed shrike-vireo is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long.
Slaty-capped Shrike-VireoVireolanius leucotisThe slaty-capped shrike-vireo is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; the nominate subspecies V. l. leucotis weighs 21.5 to 30 g (0.76 to 1.1 oz).
Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellusThe green shrike-vireo is 12 to 15 cm (4.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 22 to 30 g (0.78 to 1.1 oz).
Side by side: Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo vs Green Shrike-Vireo
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