List of Birds of Peru - Vireos

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. There are 14 species which have been recorded in Peru.

  • Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
  • Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
  • Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
  • Gray-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus (A)
  • Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis (A)
  • Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus
  • Rufous-naped Greenlet Hylophilus semibrunneus (A)
  • Olivaceous Greenlet Hylophilus olivaceus
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
  • Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
  • Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
  • Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris (A)

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