The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.
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Vireo
/ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/
Synonyms for "vireo" (7 found)
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5 entriesblue-headed vireored-eyed vireowarbling vireowhite-eyed vireoyellow-throated vireo
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6 entriesblue-headed vireogenus Vireored-eyed vireowarbling vireowhite-eyed vireoyellow-throated vireo
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Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
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2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94, This is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.
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Family Vireonidae Vireos The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.
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