Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
About the Yellow-throated Vireo
The yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) is a small American songbird. The generic name Vireo is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, or possibly the European greenfinch. The specific name flavifrons is from the Latin words flavus, "yellow", and frons, "forehead". Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout bill. Measurements: Length: 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) Weight: 0.5–0.7 oz (15–21 g) Wingspan: 9.1 in (23 cm). Their breeding habitat is open deciduous woods in southern Canada and the eastern United States.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 206 recordings for this species: 29 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bell's VireoVireo belliirecording
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquusrecording
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusrecording
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrysrecording
- Cassin's VireoVireo cassiniirecording
- Chivi VireoVireo chivirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.