Listen to the Brown-capped vireo
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About the Brown-capped vireo
The Brown-capped vireo is a bird in the family Vireonidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Brown-capped vireo sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, much of Central America, and in South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.
Related birds in the genus Vireo
More from the family Vireonidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Brown-capped vireo sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Brown-capped vireo on this page, including its song and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Brown-capped vireo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Brown-capped vireo as “least concern”.
What family does the Brown-capped vireo belong to?
The Brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) belongs to the family Vireonidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Pipeline Trail, Los Naranjos, Boquete District, Chiriquí… by Oliver Komar – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: 4.5 km below Oyacachi, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2667703 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Brown-capped vireo – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia – CC BY-SA 2.0