Yellow-throated Vireo

White wingbars and yellow undersides and "spectacles" distinguish this slow moving vireo. Length: 13-15 cm.; weight: 15-21 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds in the forests of eastern North America. Winters from southern Mexico to western Venezuela, and on Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands. Rare visitor in coastal areas, wetlands, and woodlands in Puerto Rico, but has been reported more frequently in recent years (e.g. Vieques, 18 Dec. 1984 and 25 October 1998; Los Tres Picachos State Forest, 15 January 1998; Camablache State Forest, 22 December 2001; Aguirre, 1992; annually in Ciales, 1996-2001and El Yunque). Because it is hard to see in dense vegetation, it may be more common than believed.

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; VIREONIDAE

Photo: G. Beaton

References

Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C.

Bent, A.C. 1950. Life histories of North American wagtails, shrikes, vireos, and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 197. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1965).

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY.

Miranda, L. and R. A. Pérez-Rivera. 1994. Corraboración de algunos registros de aves para Puerto Rico. El Pitirre 7(1):2-3.

Miranda-Castro, L., A. R. Puente-Rol≤n, and S. Vega-Castillo. 2000. First list of the vertebrates of Los Tres Picachos State Forest, Puerto Rico, with data on relative abundance and altitudinal distribution. Carib. J. Sci. 36(1-2):117-126.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Rodewald, P. G., and R. D. James. 1996. Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons). No. 247 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C.

Williams, E. H. and L. Bunkley-Williams. 1985. A new bird record for Puerto Rico: the Yellow throated Vireo from Vieques. Carib. J. Sci. 21:187.

Yellow-throated Vireo, Spanish text

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