RED-EYED VIREO
RED-EYED VIREO – (Vireo olivaceus) – (See images below)
DESCRIPTION: The Red-eyed Vireo has olive green top parts, and white under parts. The eyes are red as the name implies. The bill is black. Head crown is grey. There is a white band above the eye. Sexes are similar. It is a small passerine at 13 cm (5 inches) long.
VOICE: https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Vireo-olivaceus – Tireless singer with an apparent record of 20,000 songs a day.
NAME: The English and Latin genus names ‘vireo’ means ‘green’, and the Latin species name ‘olivaceus’ also refers to the color green.
HABITAT: Forest, prefers broad leaf trees.
DIET: Insects, especially caterpillars, also berries in the winter.
NESTING: The cup-shaped nest is placed on a tree branch. Nest location protects from parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird. Two to five white eggs are laid, incubated by the female. Chicks fed by both parents.
DISTRIBUTION: Breeds through most of Canada and the USA. Winters in South America, mainly the Amazon valley.
Distribution map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eyed_vireo#/media/File:Vireo_olivaceus_map.svg
ON PEI: Breeds in Prince Edward Island, very common in spring and summer.
CONSERVATION: Widespread and abundant, not at risk.
SIMILAR SPECIES: Philadelphia Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Warbling Vireo
REFERENCES: https://www.borealbirds.org/bird/red-eyed-vireo
https://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/toc.jsp (Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas)
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/red-eyed-vireo (Missouri Department of Conservation)
http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ABPBW01240 (Montana Field Guide)
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-eyed-vireo
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vireo_olivaceus/ (University of Michigan)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-eyed_Vireo/id
DESCRIPTION: The Red-eyed Vireo has olive green top parts, and white under parts. The eyes are red as the name implies. The bill is black. Head crown is grey. There is a white band above the eye. Sexes are similar. It is a small passerine at 13 cm (5 inches) long.
VOICE: https://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Vireo-olivaceus – Tireless singer with an apparent record of 20,000 songs a day.
NAME: The English and Latin genus names ‘vireo’ means ‘green’, and the Latin species name ‘olivaceus’ also refers to the color green.
HABITAT: Forest, prefers broad leaf trees.
DIET: Insects, especially caterpillars, also berries in the winter.
NESTING: The cup-shaped nest is placed on a tree branch. Nest location protects from parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird. Two to five white eggs are laid, incubated by the female. Chicks fed by both parents.
DISTRIBUTION: Breeds through most of Canada and the USA. Winters in South America, mainly the Amazon valley.
Distribution map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eyed_vireo#/media/File:Vireo_olivaceus_map.svg
ON PEI: Breeds in Prince Edward Island, very common in spring and summer.
CONSERVATION: Widespread and abundant, not at risk.
SIMILAR SPECIES: Philadelphia Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Warbling Vireo
REFERENCES: https://www.borealbirds.org/bird/red-eyed-vireo
https://www.mba-aom.ca/jsp/toc.jsp (Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas)
https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/red-eyed-vireo (Missouri Department of Conservation)
http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ABPBW01240 (Montana Field Guide)
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-eyed-vireo
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vireo_olivaceus/ (University of Michigan)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-eyed_Vireo/id
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| Red-eyed vireo, PEI, by Roberta Palmer |
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| Red-eyed vireo, PEI, by Roberta Palmer |