Bird name:

Black-capped Vireo

Vireo atricapilla

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Code 4

BCVI

Code 6

VIRATR

ITIS

178990

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Uncommon to fairly common, Endangered

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

14 - 17

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Lined with fine grasses., Vegetation, including twigs, bark and leaves.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Black-capped Vireo: Small vireo with olive-green upperparts, black hood, white spectacles interrupted with black above the eye, and white underparts with olive-yellow flanks. Wings are dark with two pale bars. Iris is red-brown to red. Female and juvenile are similar but have gray caps and brown irises.

Range and Habitat

Black-capped Vireo: Breeds from Oklahoma to central Texas. Spends winters in Mexico. Preferred habitats include rangelands with scattered clumps of shrubs separated by open grasslands.

Breeding and Nesting

Black-capped Vireo: Three to five white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs, bark, and leaves, bound with silk, lined with fine grass, and built from 1 to 15 feet above the ground in a scrub oak or other short, deciduous tree. Incubation ranges from 14 to 17 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Black-capped Vireo: Feeds on insects and insect eggs, spiders, and small fruits and berries; forages for food in deep cover among trees and thickets.

Vocalization

Black-capped Vireo: Song is a persistent, hurried series of twittering two or three note phrases "come here, right-now-quick." Call is a "ji-dit."

Similar Species

Black-capped Vireo: Blue-headed Vireo is larger, lacks red iris, and has spectacles that are broken in front of eye.

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Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

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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