Yellow-throated Vireo
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The yellow-throated vireo ( Vireo flavifrons ) is an American songbird.
features
The 15 cm long bird has an olive green top, yellow chest and throat, and white belly and rump. It also has light yellow circles under the eyes and dark wings with white wing stripes.
Occurrence
The yellow-throated vireo lives in thickets and forest edges in southeast Canada and the eastern United States. It hibernates in northern South America.
behavior
Outside of the breeding season, the yellow-throated vireo is a loner who usually looks for insects high up in the leafy treetops. It is considered a fairly tame bird that observers can easily approach.
Reproduction
In a basket-shaped nest that hangs from a branch, three to five eggs are incubated for twelve days.
literature
- Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Birds. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London 1993, 2000, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3 .
- Bryan Richard: Birds. Parragon, Bath, ISBN 1-4054-5506-3 .
Web links
- Vireo flavifrons in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 30 of 2008.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Vireo flavifrons in the Internet Bird Collection