How Does a Red-Eyed Vireo Look Like?

Red-eyed Vireos are olive-green above and clean white below with a strong head pattern: a gray crown and white eyebrow stripe bordered above and below by blackish lines. The flanks and under the tail have a green-yellow wash. Adults have red eyes that appear dark from a distance; immatures have dark eyes.

How long does a red-eyed vireo live?

The oldest known Red-eyed Vireo was at least 10 years, 2 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operation in Maryland.

Does a red-eyed vireo migrate?

Migration. Long-distance migrant. Red-eyed Vireos leave the U.S. and Canada each fall to spend winters in the Amazon basin of South America. Western populations typically swing east before joining common flight paths south.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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