Bird name:

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Code 4

YGVI

Code 6

VIRFLD

ITIS

179019

Breeding Location:

Forest, Bushes

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare to casual

Egg Color:

White with small brown spots

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

13 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses, plant fiber, lichen, moss, cobwebs, and strips of papery bark.

Migration:

Migratory

RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS

General

Yellow-green Vireo: Medium-sized vireo with olive-green upperparts, pale yellow underparts, and bright yellow sides and flanks. Crown is dull gray, eyebrows are white, and eyestripe is dark. Eyes are red. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-green Vireo: Breeds from Rio Grande Valley of Texas southward. Spends winters in tropics. Preferred habitats include streamside thickets and woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-green Vireo: Two to four brown spotted, white eggs are laid in a nest made of grasses, plant fiber, lichens, moss, cobwebs, and strips of papery bark, and built from 5 to 40 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-green Vireo: Feeds on a wide variety of insects and spiders; also eats seeds and berries. Forages in the middle to upper levels of forests, sometimes joining mixed-species flocks; may hover briefly to take insects or fruits.

Vocalization

Yellow-green Vireo: Song varies from rich and clear to nasal and abrasive, a non-rhythmic, jerky "chiree-chree, swe, chiree-chree." Calls include dry chatter and coarse mewing "rrieeh."

Similar Species

Yellow-green Vireo: Red-eyed Vireo is paler below and has markings that are more distinct on head.

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.

Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

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