Species profile
Pale-legged Shrike-vireo
Vireolanius mikettae
Quick answer
HOLOTYPE: AMNH 505383, adult male, collected at Hacienda Paramba (5 Paramba), 3500 ft, 00.49 N, 78.21 W (Paynter, 1993), Imbabura, Ecuador, on 23 July 1899, by R. Miketta (no. 483). From the Rothschild Collection.
- Scientific name
- Vireolanius mikettae
- Family
- Vireonidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Vireolanius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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