Hutton's Vireo
The Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) is resident in southwestern British Columbia south to southern California, central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and western Texas. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed forests, primarily oak woodlands; also, live-oak tangles in canyons of the southwest.
Birds are mostly resident in year round, but there may be some altitudinal and short distance migration. Hutton's Vireo may join a mixed species flock for the winter.
Description:
The nondescript Hutton's Vireo can be told from other vireos and warblers by its incomplete white eye ring. It is remarkably similar in plumage to the Ruby-crowned Kinglet but the kinglet is smaller with a much thinner bill.
This songbird is approximately 5 inches (12-13 cm) long. Its plumage is dull olive-gray above and below. Its eye rings are white and broken above eye. Undertail coverts are white. Wings are dark with two white bars. Sexes are similar.
Breeding / Nesting:
This vireo constructs a hanging cup nest that is suspended from a fork of a tree. The hen lays 3-4 eggs, which are mostly white with scattered brown spots.
Song / Call:
Its call is a mewing chatter - a repeated chu-wee, or a chew. But there are other variations.
Diet:
They feed by gleaning insects as it moves through the forest canopy.
Relevant Web Resources: USGS ... Greennature.com
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