Black-capped Vireo
Vireo atricapilla
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,551
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a small bird native to the United States and Mexico. It was listed as an endangered species in the United States in 1987. It is the only Vireo that is sexually dichromatic. Recovery of the species' population contributed to its delisting in 2018. The IUCN lists the species as "near threatened."
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-capped vireo”.