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White-eyed Vireo


White-eyed Vireo
Photo Information
Copyright: Rene Valdes (guacamayero) (135)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 30d, SIGMA 135-400mm
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-15 7:43
Viewed: 548
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A small and secretive bird of shrubby areas of the eastern and southern United States, the White-eyed Vireo is more noticeable for its explosive song than its looks.


Sound

Song loud, short, rapid, and harsh, with sharp chips at beginning and end. Calls a short "zip" and a harsh "mew."

Conservation Status:
Common. Populations appear stable.

Other Names:
Vireo aux yeux blancs (French)
Vireo ojiblanco (Spanish)

Cool Facts:

Both the male and the female White-eyed Vireo sing their primary song on the wintering grounds.
The only fossil record in North America for the entire family Vireonidae is a wing bone of a White-eyed Vireo from the late Pleistocene of Florida, from approximately 400,000 years ago.
The White-eyed Vireo bathes by rubbing against wet foliage.

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shurely not easy to catch this nice little bird. Good colours and sharpness. Thanks for showing a new bird species to me.
Pierre

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