Gray Vireo

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iGray Vireo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Vireo
Species: V. vicinior
Binomial name
Vireo vicinior
Coues, 1866

The Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior) is a small North American passerine bird. It breeds from the southwestern United States and Baja California Sur to western Texas. It is a migrant , wintering in western Mexico.

This vireo frequents dry brush, especially juniper on the slopes of the southwestern mountains.

The Gray Vireo is 14 cm (5½ in) in length, gray above, and dull white below, with a single faint wing bar and eye-ring. It has a short, thick bill. Sexes are similar. The sideways twitching of its tail is unique among vireos and is reminiscent of that of gnatcatchers. The call is hu-wee, chu-wee, che-weet, chee, ch-churr-weet, churr, schray.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Vireo vicinior. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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