Hutton's Vireo

Vireo huttoniOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Vireos (Vireonidae)

Codes: Common Name: HUVI Scientific Name: VIRHUT ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178997

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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.

● 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

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Hutton's Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Flight Pattern