Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons
Vireo family (Vireonidae)

Large vireo, 5” long. Bright yellow throat and breast, olive-green upperparts, gray rump, white belly, yellow eye-ring, two white wing bars.

Habitat:
Mature deciduous forest.

Nesting:
Nest cup suspended in fork of tree branch, 20 to 60 feet above the ground. Eggs are white or pink-white with brown spots. Clutch size – usually 4 eggs.

Voice:

Song is a series of distinct notes with a deliberate pause between each note.  Pacing of notes is similar to the Red-eyed Vireo but notes are quite different.  Yellow-throated Vireo notes are more burry or hoarse and sound like “ee-yay (pause) ee-year (pause)”, etc. etc.  Red-eyed Vireo’s notes are more musical and less hoarse.

Name Origin:

Vireo, Latin, viridos, for “green”; flavifrons:  flavus, Latin for “yellow”; frons, Latin for “front”, for its yellow throat.

In the Nature Park:
Neotropical migrant. Common in the deep woods along the Rail Trail and Creekside Trail, but easier to hear than see because it usually stays in the tops of the trees.

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