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Bird name:

Hutton's Vireo

Vireo huttoni

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Code 4

HUVI

Code 6

VIRHUT

ITIS

178997

Breeding Location:

Forest edge

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common

Egg Color:

White, usually with brown spots at large end

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Mosses, grasses, and lichen, bound with spider web and cocoon material.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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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.

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.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Eye ring

The circle around the eye formed of feathers that are a different color from the rest of the face.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

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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