Vireo
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- noun
- /ˈvɪrɪoʊ/
- Specialized
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vireo
- The yellow-throated vireo is known for its distinctive song and habit of nesting in shrubs.
Examples
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According to my guide, the yellow-throated vireo builds in a fork near the end of a branch.
Fiction book (1991) -
Examples of such hammocks are found among New World flycatchers and vireos, Oriental and Australian drongos, and Old World white-eyes.
Academic text (1994) -
Ever see a red-eyed vireo?
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Last week, I saw a purple martin... and the week before that, I saw a solitary vireo.
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The body of a catbird, purslane, blackberries, a yellow-throated vireo, a way of holding still.
Fiction book (1991) -
The solitary vireo and the Blackburnian warbler, as well as the magnolia warbler, have shown a significant decline since 1968.
Academic text (1990) -
Other birds that breed here are the American redstart, blue-winged warbler, veery, and warbling vireo.
Academic text (2010) -
I saw, leaning down toward me from ten feet away, a small, pert bird with yellow spectacles and a patch of pale yellow from chin to middle of belly: a yellow-throated vireo, a bird I usually hear high in the treetops early in May as it migrates through.
Fiction book (1991) -
According to Al Manville, a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the most vulnerable of the 350 migratory species are vireos, warblers, and thrushes.
Academic text (2001) -
I spotted a vireo singing in the trees during my morning walk in the park.
Compounds
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A small songbird with a blue-gray head and olive-green back found in northeastern North America
A small North American songbird with red eyes, greenish-grey back and white belly
- Archaic
A small songbird from eastern North America with a blue-grey head and green body that often looks for food alone
- Specialized
A North American songbird with red eyes, an olive grey back and white belly
- Specialized
A small North American songbird with a blue-grey head and white eye ring
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vireo comes from the old Latin word vireo, which meant 'to be green' and was used for a small green bird. So, many vireo birds are greenish songbirds, and the name helps you remember their colour.