Brown-capped Vireo

Taxobox
name = Brown-capped Vireo
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Vireonidae
genus = "Vireo"
species = "V. leucophrys"
binomial = "Vireo leucophrys "
binomial_authority = (Lafresnaye, 1844)
synonyms ="Vireo gilvus leucophrys" Lafresnaye, 1844

The Brown-capped Vireo, "Vireo leucophrys", is a small passerine bird. It breeds in highlands from southern Mexico south to northwestern Bolivia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the similar Warbling Vireo.

The adult Brown-capped Vireo is 12-12.7 cm in length and weighs 12 g. It has olive-green upperparts and a brown crown. There is a brown line from the bill through the eyes, and a white supercilium. The face and throat are off-white, and the underparts are otherwise yellow with some olive on the flanks. Young birds are buff-brown above with a weaker supercilium.

The Brown-capped Vireo has a sharp "twiist" call and the song is a rich warbled "here you see me hear me sing so sweet", reminiscent of that of Warbling Vireo.

This vireo occurs in the canopy and middle levels of light woodland, the edges of forest, and other semi-open habitats at altitudes from 500 to 2500 m [Hilty (2003), Strewe & Navarro (2004)] . Brown-capped Vireos feed on caterpillars and other insects gleaned from tree foliage. They also eat small fruits. They will join mixed-species feeding flocks.

The nest is undescribed.

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References

*|year=2004|id=51012|title=Vireo leucophrys|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* (2003): "Birds of Venezuela". Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5
* (1989): "A guide to the birds of Costa Rica". Comistock, Ithaca. ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
* (2004): New and noteworthy records of birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region, north-eastern Colombia. "Bull. B.O.C." 124(1): 38-51. [http://www.alpec.org/Articulo%20BBOC/Strewe%20&%20Navarro%202004%20BBOC%20124%20(1).pdf PDF fulltext]