Order: Passeriformes | Family: Vireonidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Status: The Brown-capped Vireo is common in montane forests of the east and west (Piura and Cajamarca) slopes of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1100-2600 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Víreo de Gorro Pardo.
Sub-species: Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys leucophrys) (Lafresnaye), 1844. E Andes from Colombia S to C Peru.
(Vireo leucophrys maranonicus), J. T. Zimmer, 1941. N Peru (both slopes of W Andes, W of R Marañón).
(Vireo leucophrys laetissimus), (Todd), 1924. SE Peru and N Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Vireo : L. virere= to be green; vireo, vireonis= small green bird. leucophrys: Gr. leukos= white and ophruos= eyebrow; leukophrus, leukophruos= white-browed.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.