Vireo gundlachii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Vireo sighting in Havana on a given day, based on 141 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 183 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Vireo in Havana on a given day, against under 5% in February, June and November–December, the lowest months.
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 Havana, in our data
Havana is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cuban Vireo sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Vireo
The closest relatives of the Cuban Vireo that you can see in Havana (genus Vireo, Vireos) are Red-eyed Vireo (about 10%), Black-whiskered Vireo (about 10%) and White-eyed Vireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cuban Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Havana (141 verified sightings), 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.
