---
title: "Witbrauwvireo"
description: "Vireo leucophrys — Vogels. The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-capped-vireo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witbrauwvireo

> Vireo leucophrys — Vogels. The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.

- Scientific name: *Vireo leucophrys*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 927
- Wikidata: [Q2667703](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667703)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17386](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17386)

## Names

- en: Brown-capped Vireo
- de: Braunkappenvireo
- es: Vireo Gorra Café
- fr: Viréo à calotte brune
- nl: Witbrauwvireo
- pt: Juruviara-de-cabeça-marrom
- pl: Wireonek brązowogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (247), EC (151), MX (125), CR (80), PE (45), VE (43), PA (37), HN (10), BO (4), GT (4)

## Summary

The brown-capped vireo (Vireo leucophrys) is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Mexico, much of Central America, and in South America from Venezuela to Bolivia.

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

## Photo

![Witbrauwvireo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-capped-vireo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103561783

## Machine access

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