Vireolanius eximius
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The yellow-browed shrike-vireo (Vireolanius eximius) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. The yellow-browed shrike-vireo was originally described in 1866 as Vireolanius eximius, its present binomial. However, for a time in the early twentieth century it was placed in genus Smaragdolanius and its own family, Vireolaniidae. By the 1970s Smaragdolanius had been merged into Vireolanius and included in the family Vireonidae.
The yellow-browed shrike-vireo was previously classified as a subspecies of the green shrike-vireo (V. pulchellus) and the two form a superspecies. Its further taxonomy is not settled. The IOC and AviList treat it as a monotypic species.
This article follows the monotypic species model. The yellow-browed shrike-vireo is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage though that of females is duller than males'. They have a sky-blue forehead, crown... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo sighting in Darién National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 370th most-seen of the 397 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo in Darién National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Darién National Park, in our data
Darién National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Vireonidae
The closest relatives of the Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo that you can see in Darién National Park (family Vireonidae, Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis) are Lesser Greenlet (about 30%) 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 Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Darién National Park (8 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.
