Yellow-throated Vireo Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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New York, May 10, 2017Recorded by Brad Walker / Macaulay Library
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West Virginia, May 27, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 20, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 20, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 23, 2016Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Ontario, July 16, 1958Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library
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Chiriquí, March 12, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer
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New York, September 06, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Yellow-throated Vireos sing a broken series of burry 2- and 3-syllable phrases as if saying three eight. Between bursts of three eight they pause for a second or longer. In his Essential Field Guide Companion, Pete Dunne describes the song as a vireo with a sore throat. Males sing from the canopy starting during migration and throughout the breeding season, though the intensity of song decreases after obtaining a mate. Red-Eyed Vireos sound similar but lack the burry quality of Yellow-throated Vireos.

Calls

Males and females make a harsh, scolding chatter during aggressive encounters with other vireos, birds, or predators. The intensity of the scold increases with the level of threat.