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Providencia vireo

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Providencia vireo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Vireo
Species:
V. approximans
Binomial name
Vireo approximans
Ridgway, 1884

The Providencia vireo (Vireo approximans) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae. It is endemic to Isla de Providencia.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the thick-billed vireo.

References

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  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Shrikes, vireos, shrike-babblers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 January 2019.