White-eyed Vireo Photo Gallery

Adult

Small songbird with thick, straight, slightly hooked bill. Gray head contrasts with olive-green back. Yellow "spectacles" outline pale eye.

Adult

Small songbird with thick, straight bill. Gray head and yellow spectacles contrast with white throat. Flanks are washed with yellow.

Adult

Immature

Juvenile

Young birds have dark eyes that turn pale in their first winter or spring.

Adult

Forages for caterpillars and other insects in shrubby tangles and other low, dense growth. Song is a fast jumble of notes, with a sharp chip at the beginning and end.

Adult

Dark wings with two white wingbars. Pale underparts: white throat and center of belly, with yellow wash on flanks.

Adult

White-eyed Vireos live in dense tangles including forest edges, wetland thickets, regrowing woodland, and overgrown fields.

Adult