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Hutton's Vireo

Vireo huttoniOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Vireos (Vireonidae)

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General

Hutton's Vireo: Small vireo with olive-gray upperparts and yellow underparts. Eye ring is white and broken above eye. Undertail coverts are white. Wings are dark with two white bars. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Hutton's Vireo: Resident in southwestern British Columbia south to southern California, central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and western Texas. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed forests, primarily oak woodlands; also, live-oak tangles in canyons of the southwest.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"chu-whe, chu-wee", "che-eer, che-eer", "chit-chit"

Interesting Facts

  • In Washington, the Hutton's Vireo has benefited from logging practices that have created shrubby second-growth stands, which include numerous hardwoods.
  • Recent DNA studies suggest this species may be split into at least 2 different species, with coastal Pacific birds showing enough genetic variation when compared to interior ones.
  • A group of vireos are collectively known as a "call" of vireos.


Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family
Species Vireo huttoni
Length4.75 - 5 Inches
Wingspan7.5 Inches

Hutton's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo: Small vireo, olive-gray upperparts, buff to yellow underparts. Eye ring is white, broken above eye. White undertail coverts. Wings are dark with two white bars. Gray bill is short and thick. Legs, feet are blue-gray. West Coast birds have greener upperparts then southwestern birds.

● Song: "chu-whe, chu-wee", "che-eer, che-eer", "chit-chit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Hutton's Vireo: Diet consists mostly of insects, spiders, and small berries. Gleans food from foliage and small twigs, and occasionally hawks flying insects.

● Breeding & nesting: Hutton's Vireo: Three to five white eggs, usually with brown spots at larger end, are laid in a hanging cup nest, lined with feathers and moss, and suspended from a shrub or young tree. Eggs are incubated for approximately 14 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Hutton's Vireo: Ruby-crowned Kinglet is smaller with a much thinner bill.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flights of short duration.
Hutton's Vireo Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Hutton's Vireo: Resident in southwestern British Columbia south to southern California, central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and western Texas. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed forests, primarily oak woodlands; also, live-oak tangles in canyons of the southwest.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationFairly common
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces