Species profile
Black-capped Vireo
Vireo atricapilla
Quick answer
Breeds Kansas to n Mexico (Coahuila); winters to Guerrero
- Scientific name
- Vireo atricapilla
- Family
- Vireonidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Vireo
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Black-capped Vireo in your journal
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Related species in Vireonidae
- Ashy-headed Greenlet (Hylophilus pectoralis)
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris)
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis)
- Black-headed Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius rufiventer)
- Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
- Blue Mountain Vireo (Vireo osburni)
- Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)