Cuban Vireo (Vireo gundlachii)
About the Cuban Vireo
The Cuban vireo (Vireo gundlachii) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Cuba. The Cuban vireo was originally described in 1850 as Vireo gundlachii, its current binomial. At the time it had several local names including "Petit-bobo", "Juanchiví", and "Ojone". Its specific epithet honors Cuban zoologist Juan Gundlach. Some authors have treated it as a subspecies of the white-eyed vireo (V. griseus). The Cuban vireo's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these four subspecies: V. g. magnus Garrido, 1971 V. g. sanfelipensis Garrido, 1973 V. g. gundlachii Lembeye, 1850 V. g. orientalis Todd, 1916 However, the Clements taxonomy treats it as monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 35 recordings for this species: 24 CC BY-NC-SA · 11 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cuba in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusrecording
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrysrecording
- Cassin's VireoVireo cassiniirecording
- Chivi VireoVireo chivirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.