Category: Vireonidae

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 2 abstract Over the past several years, songbirds and the reasons for declines in their populationshave been a focal point of interest. Many species of neotropical songbirds birds haveexperienced population declines due to losses and fragmentation of breeding, wintering, andmigratory habitats. These long-distance migrants tend to be more vulnerable […]

GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR RELATIONSHIPS AMONGTHE RED-EYED, YELLOW-GREEN, ANDCHIVI VIREOS

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 4 abstract One of the most enduring puzzles in the systematics of New World birds concerns the relationships and taxonomic status of forms in the Red-eyed, Yellow-green and Chivi Vireo complex. In recent decades, the latter two taxa have been treated either as distinct species (A.O.U. 195 7, Hamilton […]

NEST SITE SELECTION AND NESTING SUCCESS OF THE REDEYEDVIREO IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 1 abstract We compared nest placement and characteristics of nesting habitat used by Red-eyed Vireos(Vireo olivaceous) in deciduous forests of central Pennsylvania during the breeding seasons of 1998 and 1999.Nest patches versus random patches (0.04-ha circular plots centered on nests or random points, respectively)and successful versus unsuccessful nest patches […]

RED-EYED VIREOS HAVE DIFFICULTY RECOGNIZINGINDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS’ SONGS

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 3 abstract I investigated recognition of individual neighbors’ songs in a migratory species with large repertoires, the Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceous). To test for abilities to recognize individual neighbors, I measured responses to playbacks of neighbors songs from appropriateand inappropriate boundaries in two different years. Because the responses to […]

STATUS OF THE PHILADELPHIA VIREOIN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) Science Article 1 abstract The Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) is an uncommon, forest-dwelling, neotropical migrantrestricted in British Columbia to the Boreal Plains and Taiga Plains ecoprovinces. It is a habitatgeneralist, but its distribution is linked with the distribution of deciduous-dominated forests. Relativelyfew data exist on populations, habitat use, or breeding productivity. […]

STATUS OF THE PHILADELPHIA VIREOIN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) Science Article 1 abstract The Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) is an uncommon, forest-dwelling, neotropical migrantrestricted in British Columbia to the Boreal Plains and Taiga Plains ecoprovinces. It is a habitatgeneralist, but its distribution is linked with the distribution of deciduous-dominated forests. Relativelyfew data exist on populations, habitat use, or breeding productivity. […]

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Vireonidae | [latin] Vireo philadelphicus | [UK] Philadelphia Vireo | [FR] Vireo de Philadelphia | [DE] Schlichtvireo | [ES] Vireo de Filadelfia | [NL] Philadelphia-vireo Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Medium-sized vireo with olive-green upperparts and yellow-washed to yellow underparts. Head has a gray cap, dark eyes, and white-bordered black eye-line. […]