Jamaican vireo

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Jamaican vireo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Vireo
Species:
V. modestus
Binomial name
Vireo modestus
PL Sclater, 1860
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The Jamaican vireo (Vireo modestus) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Vireo modestus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.