What is Vireo?
{{Taxobox | name = Vireos | image = Vireo-flavifrons-001.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Yellow-throated Vireo]] (''Vireo flavifrons'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[passerine|Passeriformes]] | subordo = [[Passeri]] | familia = '''Vireonidae''' | familia_authority = [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1837 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | range_map = Vireos (Vireonidae) area.svg | subdivision = *'' [[Vireo (genus)|Vireo]]'' *'' [[Hylophilus]] '' *'' [[Vireolanius]] '' *'' [[Cyclarhis]]'' }} The '''vireos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪr|i|.|oʊ}}) are a group of [[passerine]] [[bird]]s that are mostly in the part of the [[New World]]. Their feathers are dull-colored and greenish, the smaller species slightly [[wikt:resemblance|resembling]] [[New World warbler|wood warblers]]. New evidence from [[DNA]] places vireos as relatives of [[crow]]s.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/629820/vireo |title=vireo (bird) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia |first= |encyclopedia=britannica.com |year=2012 |accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref> Vireos are mostly shy.<ref name=Britannica/> == References == <references/> == Other websites == * [http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/vireos-vireonidae Vireos (Vireonidae)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316204302/http://ibc.lynxeds.com/family/vireos-vireonidae |date=2016-03-16 }} information, including 33 species with videos and 40 with photographs at the [http://ibc.lynxeds.com Internet Bird Collection] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]]