Yellow-green Vireo

The Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico south to central Panama. It is migratory, wintering in the northern and eastern Andes and the western Amazon basin.

The Yellow-green Vireo is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas (especially the Rio Grande Valley) in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico (the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental—also the Cordillera Neovolcanica) south to central Panama. It is migratory, wintering in the northern and eastern Andes and the western Amazon basin. The adult Yellow-green Vireo is 14–14.7 cm in length and weighs 18.5 g. More

Yellow-green Vireos usually arrive in Costa Rica sometime in February and will depart by mid-October. Yellow-green Vireos are migratory and spend their summers from southern Texas in the U.S. through Mexico and Central America, and they spend their winters in the western Amazon basin in South America. More

This morning I decided to try for the Yellow-green Vireo found yesterday at the Phipps Ranch in Pescadero by Bert McKee, Peter Metropulos and Barry Sauppe. I arrived about 10:30am to find Bert McKee looking at the vireo in the willows and alders along the edge of the "wild garden." We were able to study it for the next 20 minutes or so. Later the bird was still in the same area and I watched it for a while with Dan Keller. More

the Yellow-green Vireo found Saturday, September 30 was still present. We headed up to where Jim White and Ed Greaves had last seen the bird. Soon the vireo popped up under some Coast Bush Lupine and eventually we got excellent views in good morning light. Description It was a large vireo, similar in many respects to Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) but with several noticeable differences. More

The Yellow-green Vireo has a very large range reaching up to around 1 million square kilometers. This bird can be found throughout North America and in many areas of Central America and the Carribean. There are also vagrant colonies in Barbados and Saint Lucia as well. This species appears in subtropical and tropical forests and shrublands as well as rural gardens and degraded or former forests. The global population of this bird is estimated to be around 500,000 to 5 million individual birds. More

Yellow-green Vireo: Breeds from Rio Grande Valley of Texas southward. Spends winters in tropics. Preferred habitats include streamside thickets and woodlands. Breeding and Nesting Yellow-green Vireo: Two to four brown spotted, white eggs are laid in a nest made of grasses, plant fiber, lichens, moss, cobwebs, and strips of papery bark, and built from 5 to 40 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female. More

Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis Yellow-green VireoThe Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis is often confused with the Red-eyed Vireo, with which it is sometimes considered conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species). Distribution: Its range stretches from southern Texas in the United States south to central Panama. It is migratory bird, wintering in the western Amazon basin. The Yellow-green Vireos return to Central America from early February to March, and most depart southwards by mid-October. More

Vireo and a Yellow-green Vireo together in a tamarisk row on the East side of the Police Station Carpinteria, CA. My Life Bird! Carpinteria, CA. Santa Barbara County, USA. October-2008. Canon 40D, EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens. ISO 400. Evaluative metering. Carpinteria, CA. Santa Barbara County, USA. October-2008. Canon 40D, EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens. ISO 400. More

Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis Number of individuals: One adult Locality: LOUISIANA: Cameron Specific Locality: Peveto Woods Date(s) when observed: 16&17 May, 2009 Time(s) of day when observed: 16 May 5:15-5:25 p.m. More

The Yellow-green Vireo has a nasal nyaaah call and the song is a repetitive veree veer viree, feeer vireo viree, shorter and faster than that of Red-eyed Vireo. This species rarely sings on its wintering grounds. This vireo occurs in the canopy and middle levels of light woodland, the edges of forest, and gardens at altitudes from sea level to 1500 m. The 6. More

this Yellow-green Vireo in a... Click to show "Yellow-green Vireo" result 6 400 x 556 79 kb Yellow-green Vireos are dull olive green above and... More