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Black-Capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae

Listing Status:   

General Information

12 cm. Well-marked and distinctive vireo. Male has black head, white lores and eye-ring (giving spectacled appearance), olive upperparts, blackish wings fringed olive and two yellowish wing-bars. Whitish underparts with olive flanks. Red iris. Female duller and with grey head. Juvenile browner.

Lead Region:  Southwest Region (Region 2)
Date Listed: Oct 6, 1987

  • States/US Territories in which the Black-Capped Vireo is known to occur:  Kansas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Texas
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Black-Capped Vireo is known to occur:  BALCONES CANYONLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE , SANTA ANA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE , WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE
  • Countries in which the the Black-Capped Vireo is known to occur:  Mexico

» Federal Register Documents

Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 4 of 4 )
Date Citation Page Title
02/02/2005 70 FR 5460 5463 5-Year Review of Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Black-capped Vireo, Yuma Clapper Rail, Pima Pineapple Cactus, Gypsum Wild-Buckwheat, Mesa Verde Cactus, and Zuni Fleabane
10/06/1987 52 FR 37420 37423 Determination of Black-capped Vireo to be End. Species; 52 FR 37420-37423
12/12/1986 51 FR 44808 Proposed Endangered Status for Black-capped Vireo; 51 FR 44808
12/30/1982 47 FR 58454 58460 Review of Vertebrate Wildlife for Listing as End. or Thr. Species

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search
Current Recovery Plan(s)
Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status
09/30/1991 Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus) Recovery Plan View Implementation Progress Final
Other Recovery Documents (Showing 1 of 1 )
Date Citation Page Title Document Type
02/02/2005 70 FR 5460 5463 5-Year Review of Lesser Long-nosed Bat, Black-capped Vireo, Yuma Clapper Rail, Pima Pineapple Cactus, Gypsum Wild-Buckwheat, Mesa Verde Cactus, and Zuni Fleabane
  • Notice 5-year Review
    • Five Year Review
    Date Title
    07/26/2007 Black-capped Vireo 5-Year Review

    » Critical Habitat

    No critical habitat rules have been published for the Black-Capped Vireo.

    » Conservation Plans

    Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) (learn more) (Showing 5 of 10 : view all)
    HCP Plan Summaries
    Balcones Canyonlands (BCCP)
    Davenport Ranch
    Four Points (TPG Four Points Land, L.P. [formerly PW-B Joint Venture; amended 2/27/01])
    Grandview Hills (Toman Parke Inc.)
    Grason Volente Amendment # 4
    Safe Harbor Agreements (SHA): (learn more) (Showing 1 of 1 )
    SHA Plan Summaries
    Environmental Defense, Inc. Texas Hill Country SHA

    » Petitions

    No petition findings have been published for the Black-Capped Vireo.

    » Life History

    No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

    » Other Resources

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    Last updated: November 21, 2009