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Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi)

Fazenda Grotão - DF, Brazil.

 

Vireo is a genus of small passerine birds restricted to the New World. They typically have dull greenish plumage.

 

All members in the genus mostly eat insects and other arthropods, but also eat some fruit. A common pattern is arthropods in summer and fruit in winter.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vireo_(genus)

 

Chivi Vireos are widespread across most of northern, eastern, and central South America.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivi_vireo#Distribution_and_habitat

 

Known locally as "juruviara".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vireonidae

Genus: Vireo Swainson, 1837

Species: V. chivi (Gmelin, 1789)

Binomial name: Vireo chivi

Synonyms: Vireo olivaceus chivi

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