Black-capped Vireo
Vireo atricapilla Woodhouse, 1852
Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Black-capped Vireo, Vireo atricapilla, is a passerine of North America and Middle America, breeding in south-central USA and Mexico. It belongs to the Vireonidae family and was described by Woodhouse in 1852. It is the only vireo with different plumage in the two sexes. Males have an olive-green upper body and white underparts, with a black crown and upper head, while females are less vivid and show a slate-grey crown with greenish-yellow wash below. First-year males can resemble adult females more closely.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sc USA and Mexico
