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Warbling Vireo

Vireo gilvusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Vireos (Vireonidae)

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General

Warbling Vireo: Small vireo with gray to olive-gray upperparts and white underparts; sides sometimes washed with yellow. Eyes are dark brown and have thick, white eyebrows and faint, dark eye-lines. Wings and tail are gray. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Warbling Vireo: Breeds from British Columbia, southern Mackenzie, Manitoba, and New Brunswick south to northern Mexico, Louisiana, and Virginia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include deciduous woodlands, especially near streams and in isolated groves and shade trees.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"I'll seize you and I'll squeeze you", "queeh"

Interesting Facts

 The Warbling Vireo is also known as the Warbling Greenlet and Eastern Warbling Vireo.

 They have the largest range of any member of their family in North America, being found from western and southern Canada and throughout most of the United States.

 Although common in many areas, their population has decreased considerably because of extensive spraying of pesticides on shade trees.

 A group of vireos are collectively known as a "call" of vireos.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Family Vireo (Sylviidae)_blue
Species Vireo gilvus
Length5 - 5.5 Inches
Wingspan8.75 Inches

Warbling Vireo

Warbling Vireo: Small vireo, gray to olive-gray upperparts, white underparts; sides sometimes washed with yellow. Eyes are dark brown, have thick, white eyebrows and faint, dark eye-lines. Gray wings and tail. Legs and feet are blue-gray. Has the largest breeding range of any North American vireo.

● Song: "I'll seize you and I'll squeeze you", "queeh"

● Foraging & Feeding: Warbling Vireo: Diet consists almost entirely of insects, some spiders, and a few berries; forages for food in tops of trees.

● Breeding & nesting: Warbling Vireo: Three to five black and brown spotted, white eggs are laid in a well made pendant-shaped nest of bark strips and plant down fastened to a forked twig, usually near the top of a tall tree. Both parents incubate eggs for approximately 12 days.

● Similar species: Warbling Vireo: Red-eyed Vireo has olive-green back and contrasting gray crown, bold white line behind eye offset by black stripes, and red eyes as adults. Philadelphia Vireo has dark lores and pale yellow throat and breast. Tennessee Warbler is smaller and has a thin, pointed bill.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flights of short duration.
Warbling Vireo Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Warbling Vireo: Breeds from British Columbia, southern Mackenzie, Manitoba, and New Brunswick south to northern Mexico, Louisiana, and Virginia. Spends winters in the tropics. Preferred habitats include deciduous woodlands, especially near streams and in isolated groves and shade trees.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.5 Ounces