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Warbling Vireo

Vireo gilvusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Vireos (Vireonidae)
Codes: Common Name: WAVI Scientific Name: VIRGIL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179023
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Warbling Vireo
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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body


Listen to Call

Similar Sounding

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.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Range Map for Warbling Vireo

Related Birds

Orange-crowned Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
Thick-billed Vireo
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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
Perching-like BodyX
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
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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