Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Spanish: Vireo verde-amarillo

Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The yellow-green vireo (Vireo flavoviridis) is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas (occasionally the Rio Grande Valley) in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico (the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental—also the Cordillera Neovolcanica) south to central Panama. It is migratory, wintering in the northern and eastern Andes and the western Amazon Basin. Most often recorded in May, Jul.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Vireonidae
Local records5 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records3,399 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2019 – 2023
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

Cite as: “Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/vireo-flavoviridis/, updated 2026-10-18. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.