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title: "Philadelphia Vireo"
description: "Vireo philadelphicus — Birds. The Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) is a small North American songbird in the vireo family (Vireonidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/philadelphia-vireo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Philadelphia Vireo

> Vireo philadelphicus — Birds. The Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) is a small North American songbird in the vireo family (Vireonidae).

- Scientific name: *Vireo philadelphicus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 5999
- Wikidata: [Q596275](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596275)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17364](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17364)

## Names

- en: Philadelphia Vireo
- de: Schlichtvireo
- es: Vireo de Filadelfia
- fr: Viréo de Philadelphie
- nl: Philadelphiavireo
- pt: Juruviara-de-filadélfia
- pl: Wireonek cytrynowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (2740), CA (1678), CR (347), MX (100), HN (61), NI (58), PA (55), GT (7), PT (6), BZ (5), SV (5), DO (4)

## Summary

The Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) is a small North American songbird in the vireo family (Vireonidae). "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific philadelphicus is for the city of Philadelphia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_vireo

## Photo

![Philadelphia Vireo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/philadelphia-vireo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sobeida Morales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180986804

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/philadelphia-vireo?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).