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Tepui Vireo

Vireo sclateri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g

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The tepui vireo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 12.5 g (0.35 to 0.44 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adults have a buffy forehead and lores on an otherwise gray face. Their crown and nape are gray and their upperparts olive-green. Their wings are gray with thin paler gray edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tail is deep gray with paler edges on the feathers' outer webs. Voice: The tepui vireo's song is unlike that of any other member of genus Vireo, "a short, clear whistled suuWEEEeeuu, rising then falling quickly, often over and over". It also makes "a nasal, downslurred scold".

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When to see the Tepui Vireo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Tepui Vireo

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 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.

Venezuela Guyana

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil, Suriname.

About the Tepui Vireo

The tepui vireo, or tepui greenlet, is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Noronha Vireo (Vireo gracilirostris) 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). Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi) Chivi VireoVireo chiviThe species looks similar to the related red-eyed vireo and yellow-green vireo. San Andres Vireo (Vireo caribaeus) San Andres VireoVireo caribaeusIt is a small bird, 12.5 cm in length.

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