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title: "Cassins vireo"
description: "Vireo cassinii — Vogels. Cassin's vireo (Vireo cassinii) is a small North American songbird, ranging from southern British Columbia in Canada through the western coastal states of the United States, including California, Oregon, and Washington."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cassin-s-vireo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cassins vireo

> Vireo cassinii — Vogels. Cassin's vireo (Vireo cassinii) is a small North American songbird, ranging from southern British Columbia in Canada through the western coastal states of the United States, including California, Oregon, and Washington.

- Scientific name: *Vireo cassinii*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 4208
- Wikidata: [Q1588260](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588260)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17382](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17382)

## Names

- en: Cassin's Vireo
- de: Cassinvireo
- es: Vireo de Cassin
- fr: Viréo de Cassin
- nl: Cassins vireo
- pt: Juruviara-de-cabeça-cinzenta
- pl: Wireonek oliwkowogrzbiety

## Countries with the most observations

US (2129), MX (791), CA (375)

## Summary

Cassin's vireo (Vireo cassinii) is a small North American songbird, ranging from southern British Columbia in Canada through the western coastal states of the United States, including California, Oregon, and Washington. The Cassin's Vireo moves down Western United States forests in its migration. During its migration in early spring and late fall, it spends  the winter in regions from southern Arizona (the Sonoran Desert) to southern Mexico, including parts of Baja California and the Pacific coast of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassin%27s_vireo

## Photo

![Cassins vireo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cassin-s-vireo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186741021

## Machine access

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