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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Passeriformes
        Family: Vireonidae
          Genus: Vireo
            Species: vicinior

Gray Vireo - Vireo vicinior

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior) is a small (13-15 cm), dull gray songbird that breeds in the southwestern U.S., southern California, and Baja California. They live in shrubland, desert, and mixed juniper or pinyon pine and oak woodland habitats. They feed on insects they catch on branches and on the ground. Gray Vireo nests are vulnerable to parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S4B,S3N

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status: BLM WATCH

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 260

Number of Mapped Locations: 1452

Number of Observations: 1996

Observation date range: 06-03-1876 to 09-08-2021

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