Black-capped Vireo (Viero atricapillus) recovery plan
Grzybowski JA. 1991. Black-capped Vireo (Viero atricapillus) recovery plan. Albuquerque, NM
This species is listed as endangered. The number of individuals is unknown. However, it has undergone substantial range reduction in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. It is extirpated in Kansas, and the Oklahoma population is below 300 birds. Declines have also been documented over much of the species' range in Texas. Its status is uncertain in Coahuila, Mexico. The black-capped vireo occurs in mixed deciduous/evergreen shrubland. Breeding vireos use shrubby growth of irregular height and distribution with spaces between the small thickets and clumps and with vegetative cover extending to ground level. Habitat losses are occurring through development, overbrowsing, and suppression and alteration of natural disturbances regimes. Cowbird nest parasitism has been drastically reducing vireo reproduction in many areas
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Grzybowski, Joseph
- Date of Issue
- 1991
- Units
- BIBE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus), Management, nest parasitism, Protection, Threatened & Endangered Species