Vireo gundlachii
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Cuban vireo (Vireo gundlachii) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Cuba. The Cuban vireo was originally described in 1850 as Vireo gundlachii, its current binomial. At the time it had several local names including "Petit-bobo", "Juanchiví", and "Ojone". Its specific epithet honors Cuban zoologist Juan Gundlach. Some authors have treated it as a subspecies of the white-eyed vireo (V. griseus).
The Cuban vireo's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these four subspecies: However, the Clements taxonomy treats it as monotypic. This article follows the four-subspecies model.
The Cuban vireo is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs about 11 to 15 g (0.39 to 0.53 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies V. g. gundlachii have an olive-gray crown, nape, and ear coverts. They have a yellow or creamy white patch from lores through the eye... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Vireo sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, based on 389 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Vireo in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month. That is one of Ciénaga de Zapata's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 15 mm in February. September has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cuban Vireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ciénaga de Zapata, in our data
Ciénaga de Zapata is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cuban Vireo sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cuban Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Ciénaga de Zapata (389 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
