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The slaty vireo is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long; one individual weighed 11.8 g (0.42 oz) and two others 12.3 g (0.43 oz). "Few vireos possess such striking plumage as Slaty Vireo", whose appearance is unique in its range. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an olive green crown. They have blackish lores on an otherwise slate gray face. Their upperparts are slate with an olive green tinge on the rump and uppertail coverts. Their wing coverts are olive green. Voice: One description of the slaty vireo's song is "varied, rich, slightly burry phrases often beginning or ending with an emphatic note, chik wi-di-weuw or wheer chi-i-wik, etc.". Its calls include "a gruff, scolding, chichichi...or shehshehsheh".
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When to see the Slaty Vireo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Slaty Vireo
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Slaty Vireo
The slaty vireo is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Mexico.
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Easily confused with
Choco VireoVireo masteriThe Choco vireo is about 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long and weighs about 11 to 11.5 g (0.39 to 0.41 oz).
Cozumel VireoVireo bairdiThe Cozumel vireo is 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) long and weighs about 11 to 14.5 g (0.39 to 0.51 oz).
Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburniThe Blue Mountain vireo is 12.5 to 15 cm (4.9 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 20 to 22 g (0.71 to 0.78 oz).
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