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Hutton's Vireo

Vireo huttoniOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Vireos (Vireonidae)
Codes: Common Name: HUVI Scientific Name: VIRHUT ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178997
Least Concern
 
Hutton's Vireo
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


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.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

Artist

Imran Kahn

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Range Map for Hutton's Vireo

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Family Vireo (Sylviidae)_blue
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
Perching-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
Undertail covertsX
Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
Eye ringX
The circle around the eye formed of feathers that are a different color from the rest of the face.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX