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title: "Viréo à tête noire"
description: "Vireo atricapilla — Oiseaux. The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a small bird native to the United States and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/black-capped-vireo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Viréo à tête noire

> Vireo atricapilla — Oiseaux. The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a small bird native to the United States and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Vireo atricapilla*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1992
- Wikidata: [Q367520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73557](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73557)

## Names

- en: Black-capped Vireo
- de: Schwarzkopfvireo
- es: Vireo gorra negra
- fr: Viréo à tête noire
- nl: Zwartkapvireo
- pt: Juruviara-de-cabeça-preta
- pl: Wireonek czarnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1625), MX (295)

## Summary

The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a small bird native to the United States and Mexico. It was listed as an endangered species in the United States in 1987. It is the only Vireo that is sexually dichromatic. Recovery of the species' population contributed to its delisting in 2018.  The IUCN lists the species as "near threatened."

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

## Photo

![Viréo à tête noire](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-capped-vireo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206874841

## Machine access

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