Philadelphia Vireo - BirdForum Opus

Vireo philadelphicus

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

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

Similar Species

Warbling Vireo and Tennessee Warbler

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Breeding

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

Diet

Diet: Primarily insects, some fruit.

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.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avianweb
3. Cornell

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