Dwarf Vireo
Vireo nelsoni Bond, J, 1934
Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Dwarf Vireo, Vireo nelsoni, is a passerine of the family Vireonidae that breeds in south-west Mexico. It was first validly named by Bond in 1934. The species is confined to Mexico and occurs inland in the south-west, from Jalisco and southern Guerrero to central Oaxaca. It lives in dry scrubland, often where oaks are present, at 1,000 to 2,500 m. The sexes look alike apart from the crown, which is bluish grey in adult males and olive in adult females. It has greyish white lores and eye-ring, two wing bars, a reddish iris, and blue-grey legs and feet.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
- Breeding range
- Middle America: sw Mexico
