Vireo leucophrys
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, much of Central America, and in South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
The brown-capped vireo was originally described in 1844 as Hylophilus leucophrys. For much of the twentieth century it was treated as conspecific with the warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus). The brown-capped vireo's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these 14 subspecies:
This article follows the 14-subspecies model. The brown-capped vireo is 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) long and weighs... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 3 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 11 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 14 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 19 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-capped Vireo sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 314 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 412 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-capped Vireo in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 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 Brown-capped 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.
14th of 19
Of the 19 parks where we can rate Brown-capped Vireo sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 14th at under 5%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 40%), Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 30%) and Los Quetzales National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same genus: Vireo
The closest relatives of the Brown-capped Vireo that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (genus Vireo, Vireos) are Philadelphia Vireo (about 10%) and Yellow-throated Vireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-capped Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (314 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.
