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Eastern Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
28 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 Jonathon Jongsma (XC102969). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Bell's VireoVireo bellii
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,295,893 |
|---|---|
| New York | 619,912 |
| Michigan | 415,427 |
| California | 331,802 |
| British Columbia | 201,144 |
| New Jersey | 170,535 |
| Pennsylvania | 153,490 |
| Washington | 142,585 |
| Wisconsin | 136,076 |
| Oregon | 109,643 |
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 British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- 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 Eastern Warbling 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.