Black-capped Vireo vs Yucatan Vireo

Black-capped Vireo

Vireo atricapilla

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The black-capped vireo is a songbird about 12 cm (4.5 inches ) in length. Sexually mature males are olive green above and white below with faint yellow flanks. The crown and upper half of the head is black with a partial white eye ring and lores. The iris is brownish-red and the bill is black. Females are duller in color than males and have a slate-gray crown and underparts washed with greenish yellow. First-year males often have more extensive gray in the cap, similar to adult females.

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Yucatan Vireo

Vireo magister

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The Yucatan vireo is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs about 13.5 to 25 g (0.48 to 0.88 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies V. m. magister have a pale brownish white supercilium and brownish gray lores; the latter color extends to behind the eye. Their crown, nape, and upperparts are dark gray-brown with an olive tinge on the back. Their primaries and secondaries are blackish gray with thin paler olive edges on the outer webs. Their tail is dark brownish gray. Voice: On Grand Cayman the Yucatan vireo sings a "two-note whistle whoi whu and 3-syllable sweet, brid-get". In Belize it sings "a rich warble, evenly paced...cheer up sweet or cheer up why not sweet" A variation there is "beer-here alright!-wheo". Its calls include "a soft, dry shi-tchi-chi-chi chatter, a low, frequently repeated bik-bik, and a wik like that of a woodpecker".

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