Yellow-throated Vireo
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| Vireo flavifrons (Vieillot, 1808) |
The Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, is a small songbird.
Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout bill.
Their breeding habitat is open deciduous woods in southern Canada and the eastern United States. They make a thick cup nest attached to a fork in a tree branch.
These birds migrate to the deep southern United States, Mexico and Central America. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe. There is one record from Britain in Kenidjack Valley Cornwall Sept 20th-27th 1990. There is also a sight report from Germany.
They forage for insects high in trees. They also eat berries, especially before migration.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Vireo flavifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
