Vireo altiloquus
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The black-whiskered vireo (Vireo altiloquus) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Florida, the Bahamas, many Caribbean islands, and northern and Amazonian South America.
The black-whiskered vireo was originally described in 1808 as Muscicapa altiloqua, mistakenly placing it in the Old World flycatcher family. It was at various times also called Vireosylva altiloqua and Vireo calidris. The black-whiskered vireo has these six subspecies:
The nominate subspecies V. a. altiloquus weighs an average of 18 g (0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a bluish gray forehead and crown with a buff-olive tinge, a buffy whitish supercilium from the bill past the eye, a wide dusky stripe through the eye, and the eponymous black "whisker" on the sides of the throat... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 3 | Jaragua National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 4 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 3 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-whiskered Vireo sighting in Houston on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 223rd most-seen of the 302 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-whiskered Vireo in Houston on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-whiskered 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.
5th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Black-whiskered Vireo sightings, Houston ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic, about 50%), Havana (Cuba, about 10%) and Miami (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Vireo
The closest relatives of the Black-whiskered Vireo that you can see in Houston (genus Vireo, Vireos) are White-eyed Vireo (about 10%) and Red-eyed Vireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-whiskered Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Houston (56 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.
