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. Also found throughout inland Mexico. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed forests, primarily oak woodlands; also, live-oak tangles in canyons of the southwest.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and 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.

Vocalization

Hutton's Vireo: Song is composed of loud, short whistles and chatter and a monotonous two-part phrase, either up-slurred or down-slurred "chu-whe, chu-wee" or "che-eer, che-eer." Call is a harsh "chit-chit."

Similar Species

Hutton's Vireo: Ruby-crowned Kinglet is smaller with a much thinner bill and is dark below the lower wingbar.