Black-capped Vireo

Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Texas Status Endangered U.S. Status Endangered, Listed 10/06/1987 Description The tiny black-capped vireo is only 4.5 inches long.

Black-capped vireo Vireo atricapillus
Identification Tips:
Length: 4 inches
White spectacles
Red eye
Black cap (somewhat paler in females and immatures)
Yellow wing bars
White underparts with yellowish flanks
Olive upparparts ...

Black-capped Vireo
Vireo atricapilla
Image by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department ...

Black-capped Vireo
Adult male
Similar Species
Blue-headed Vireo is much larger, with dark eyes and unbroken white spectacles.

Black-capped Vireo, Vireo atricapillus
Cozumel Vireo, Vireo bairdi
St. Andrew Vireo, Vireo caribaeus
Yellow-winged Vireo, Vireo carmioli
Cassin's Vireo, Vireo cassinii
Thick-billed Vireo, Vireo crassirostris ...

songbirds with restricted ranges are endangered at least partly as a result of brown-headed cowbird nest parasitism, including Kirtland's warbler [37,48], Bell's vireo [42,48], golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) [48], black-capped vireo ...

Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Plumbeous Vireo (Vireo plumbeus)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) ...

Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
Florida sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi)
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
Lindheimer hackberry (Celtis lindheimeri) ...

Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Black-capped Vireo, Vireo atricapillus
Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus
Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys ...

See also: Vireo, Cowbird, Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-whiskered Vireo