About the Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo
The yellow-browed shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
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The yellow-browed shrike-vireo is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage though that of females is duller than males'. They have a sky-blue forehead, crown, and nape with some greenish in the rear of the crown. They have a bright lemon-yellow supercilium from the bill well past the eye and a patch of the same color under the eye. Their lores are dull gray-black and their ear coverts emerald-green. Their upperparts are emerald-green. Voice: The yellow-browed shrike-vireo's song in Panama is described as " a continuously repeated peer-peer-peer" or a "sustained túuu---". In Colombia it is described as "lu lu lu lu".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Chestnut-sided Shrike-VireoVireolanius melitophrysA striking bird, adult chestnut-sided shrike-vireos have bright green backs and largely white undersides punctuated by their eponymous chestnut flanks that meet in a chest band.
Slaty-capped Shrike-VireoVireolanius leucotisThe slaty-capped shrike-vireo is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; the nominate subspecies V. l. leucotis weighs 21.5 to 30 g (0.76 to 1.1 oz).
Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellusThe green shrike-vireo is 12 to 15 cm (4.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 22 to 30 g (0.78 to 1.1 oz).
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