About the Noronha Vireo
The Noronha vireo is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to the island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.
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The Noronha vireo is 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 25.1 g (0.41 to 0.89 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buffy supercilium and brownish lores. Their crown, nape, and upperparts are dingy grayish olive that becomes more greenish on the lower back, rump, and tail. Their primaries and secondaries are grayish olive with greenish edges on the outer webs. Their throat and underparts are dull buffy whitish. They have a brownish iris, a brownish horn bill with a paler base to the mandible, and pale bluish gray legs and feet. Juveniles have a rich rusty brown crown and back. Voice: The Noronha vireo's song is a "melodious weet a weet, chewegoo, whit, whit". Its alarm call is "tschrrr" and other calls include "a scolding harsh skeeur and a high thin whistle".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
San Andres VireoVireo caribaeusIt is a small bird, 12.5 cm in length.
Flat-billed VireoVireo nanusThe flat-billed vireo is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 10 to 11 g (0.35 to 0.39 oz).
Dwarf VireoVireo nelsoniThe dwarf vireo is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long; two individuals weighed 9.2 and 9.4 g (0.32 and 0.33 oz).
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