Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestCup nestSmall · 16 g

Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Luciano Massa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Matias Cabezas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi), photo 9 — Photo: (c) B. Phalan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi), photo 10 — Photo: (c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Chivi Vireo sounds like

Sonogram of the Chivi Vireo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · Song · Osma, La Guaira, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Duet · El Hatillo (near Caracas), Libertador, Capital District, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: below La Cruz, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The species looks similar to the related red-eyed vireo and yellow-green vireo. It is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) in length, with the mass and length of the bill and wings varying in different subspecies. Hatchlings are born almost naked with yellow skin and sparse down. Juveniles have brownish or tawny (depending on subspecies) upperparts, with the greater and median coverts having brownish-green tips, and the head showing a less contrasting pattern than adults. The mouth lining is paler than adults up until 6 months of age. They may also show molt contrast on their wings. Voice: The calls of the species are typical of most of Vireo, but it has a very simple repertoire with only one song and one vocalization. Its song is a pattern of brief musical sound with pauses in between. The song of the South American subspecies is usually "chew-lee chew-lew wee-chee chew leee", while the song of griseobarbatus is a "tche-wit ...

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When to see the Chivi Vireo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chivi Vireo

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 15 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Ecuador Colombia Peru Venezuela Paraguay Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay Bolivia Guyana French Guiana Suriname Curaçao Caribbean Netherlands

Recorded as a rare visitor in Aruba, Chile.

About the Chivi Vireo

The chivi vireo is a small South American songbird in the family Vireonidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the red-eyed vireo. It is usually green to yellow-green in color with off-white underparts, and a gray crown. It has a whitish supercilium extending over its ear coverts, and its lores are dull gray in color. The chivi vireo has nine subspecies. It is found throughout most of northern, eastern and central South America, only being absent from southern Chile and southern Argentina. It inhabits multiple types of habitat across its range, and appears to adjust well to slightly disturbed habitat.

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Easily confused with

Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostrisThe Noronha vireo is 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 25.1 g (0.41 to 0.89 oz). Tepui VireoVireo sclateriThe tepui vireo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 12.5 g (0.35 to 0.44 oz).

San Andres VireoVireo caribaeusIt is a small bird, 12.5 cm in length.

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