The Chocó vireo (Vireo masteri) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae that was discovered by Paul Salaman in 1991 and described in 1996.[2] It is found in western Colombia and has recently been found in north-west Ecuador.[3] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
| Chocó vireo | |
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| Vireo masteri in Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Vireonidae |
| Genus: | Vireo |
| Species: | V. masteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Vireo masteri P.G. Salaman & F.G. Stiles, 1996
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Discovery
editThe Chocó vireo was first observed on August 25, 1991, by Paul Salaman in western Nariño located in southwest Colombia.[4] The site, located at an altitude of 1,500 meters (five thousand feet), was in a narrow strip of intact, very wet forest along the Rio Nambi, in the Chocó region which is famed for its high biological diversity. In early June, 1992, ornithologist Gary Stiles observed and collected this species while working in Alto de Pisones in Risaralda department. The bird was small, a little more than four inches, lightweight at 11.4 grams, and greenish in color with a broad, wide yellowish wing bar. It had a distinctive facial pattern with a long white stripe above its eye.[5]
Salaman decided to take the novel approach of auctioning off the naming rights to the vireo's scientific name in order to raise money for conservation of the bird's habitat. Bernard Master, the first American birder to have seen a representative of every bird family in the world, won the auction with a bid of US$75,000 and named it Vireo masteri.[6] This donation was used to create the Pangan ProAves Reserve in Colombia.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Vireo masteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22705146A154035506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22705146A154035506.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Salaman, P.G.W.; Stiles, F.G. (1996). "A distinctive new species of vireo (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) from the Western Andes of Colombia". Ibis. 138 (4): 610–619. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04761.x.
- ^ Salaman, P.G.W.; Stiles, F.G. (1996). "A distinctive new species of vireo (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) from the Western Andes of Colombia". Ibis. 138 (4): 610–619. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04761.x.
- ^ Salaman, Paul; Stiles, F. Gary (October 1996). "A distinctive new species of vireo (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) from the Western Andes of Colombia". Ibis. 138 (4): 610–619. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04761.x.
- ^ Ridgely, Robert; Tudor, Guy (1989). The Birds of South America: Passerines. University of Texas Press. p. 596. ISBN 0292707568.
- ^ Conservation International (2007) Tumbers-Chocó-Magdalena Archived 2009-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Wing man". The Columbus Dispatch. July 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (Aug 28, 2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1472905741.
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