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Vireo philadelphicus

Photo by kegressy
Photo taken: Guelph Lake, Ontario, Canada

[edit] Identification

4.75 inches

• Grayish-green above
• Yellow below (pale at throat, deeper yellow on breast)
• Thick bill has a hook on the upper mandible
• Dark eye
• White supercilium
• Black line through and in front of the eye
• Dark lores
• Blue-grey legs
  

Sexes are similar

[edit] Similar Species

Warbling Vireo and Tennessee Warbler

[edit] Distribution

Canada and northernmost U.S. Winters in the tropics.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open deciduous woodlands, streamside willows and alders, and areas regenerating after fires.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

An open-cup nest is built. Clutch Size:3-5 and incubation lasts 14 days. 12-14 days later the young fledge.

[edit] Diet

Diet: Primarily insects, some fruit.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song a broken series of slurred notes. Each phrase usually ends in either a downslur or an upswing, as if the bird asks a question, then answers it, over and over. May repeat same phrase twice or more in a row.

[edit] References

1. Avianweb
2. Cornell

[edit] External Links