Warbling Vireo

Vireo gilvus
Vireo family (Vireonidae)

Habitat:
Deciduous forest.

Description: 
Medium-sized vireo, 4 ¾” long.  Greenish-gray back, whitish
underneath, whitish eyebrow. 

Nesting:
Cup-like nest is suspended from a branch of a deciduous tree, 20 to 90 feet above the ground.  Eggs are white with brown spots.  Clutch size – 3 to 4 eggs.

Voice:
Song is a series of long melodious warbling phrases separated by short pauses. 

Name Origin:
Vireo, Latin, viridos for “green”; gilvus, Latin for “yellowish”.

In the Nature Park:
Neotropical migrant.  Warbling Vireos are common in the riparian forests along the Creekside Trail.