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BOTD: Slaty Vireo

Photo: Michael Woodruff

"Handsome but often elusive small vireo of brushy woodlands, tangled thickets, and forest edges in highlands and foothills; endemic to southwestern Mexico. Tends to stay hidden, usually rather low within vegetation, and does not join mixed-species flocks. Moves sluggishly, holding its tail cocked and making short sallies for fruit and insects."

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October 13, 2022 - Slaty Vireo (Vireo brevipennis) These vireos are found in shrubby woodlands and forest edges in southwestern Mexico. Though the details of their diet are not known, they probably feed mainly on arthropods, capturing their prey in short flights. Breeding between June and July, they build cup-shaped nests from dry leaves, plant down, hair, and fine grass. Females lay clutches of two or three eggs.

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A new variant has been added!

Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo (Vireolanius leucotis) © John Gerrard Keulemans

It hatches from distinctive, easy, green, high, incoming, large, northern, olive, repetitive, similar, stout, striking, and yellow eggs.

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hylophilus viridiflavus, Slaty Vireo - high resolution image from old book.