Golden Vireo (Vireo hypochryseus)
About the Golden Vireo
The golden vireo (Vireo hypochryseus), or golden greenlet, is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Mexico. The golden vireo was originally described in 1863 as Vireo hypochryseus, the binomial by which most systems know it. Its further taxonomy is unresolved. The IOC, the American Ornithological Society, the Clements taxonomy, and AviList retain its original assignment to genus Vireo. However, in 2016 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) moved it to genus Pachysylvia and renamed it the golden greenlet; as of 2025 it remains there. All of the systems assign the golden vireo these three subspecies: V. h. nitidus (or P. h. nitida) Van Rossem, 1934 V. h. hypochryseus (or P. h. hypochrysea) Sclater, PL, 1863
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 120 recordings for this species: 102 CC BY-NC-SA · 18 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 Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bell's VireoVireo belliirecording
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusrecording
- 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.