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Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Doug Hynes (XC991130). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Eastern Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
Chivi VireoVireo chivi
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 177,933 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 60,519 |
| British Columbia | 55,762 |
| Arkansas | 52,961 |
| Nunavut | 44,681 |
| United States | 25,799 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 24,232 |
| Oklahoma | 21,004 |
| Washington | 14,104 |
| Canada | 13,144 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis · Vireonidae |
| Genus | Vireos · Vireo |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Red-eyed Vireo with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.