Bird name:

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Code 4

YTVI

Code 6

VIRFLF

ITIS

179009

Breeding Location:

Forest

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common in range

Egg Color:

White to light pink with brown spots at large end

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Lined with plant material., Grasses covered with lichens.

Migration:

Migratory

RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS

General

Yellow-throated Vireo: Large vireo with olive-gray upperparts and gray rump. Throat and breast are bright yellow, belly is white. Eyes are dark. Spectacles are pale yellow. Wings are dark with two white bars. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-throated Vireo: Breeds from Manitoba, Minnesota, Ontario, and central New England south to Gulf Coast states. Spends winters in tropics, with a few in southern Florida. Inhabits live oak hammocks, mature pine forests, or mixed turkey oak and pine woodlands. Also occurs in cypress swamps or mixed forests along rivers. Sometimes found in residential areas with mature trees.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-throated Vireo: Three to five white to light pink eggs with brown spots at larger end are laid in a cup-shaped nest made of grass and lichens, and suspended from a tree limb 3 to 60 feet above the ground. Both parents incubate eggs for 14 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-throated Vireo: Diet is composed of insects, mostly caterpillars; also eats spiders and fruits.

Vocalization

Yellow-throated Vireo: Song is a series of 2 to 3 note phrases with long pauses between them, "three-EIGHT, three-EIGHT, three-EIGHT." Call is a harsh, nasal, accelerating, rapid series of "cheh, cheh, cheh" notes.

Similar Species

Yellow-throated Vireo: Pine Warbler is smaller, lacks spectacles, has thinner bill, faintly streaked sides, and white tail spots.

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

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