vireo
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- noun
- /ˈvɪrɪoʊ/
- US
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vireo
- Stake MM, Cimprich DA. 2003. Using video to monitor predation at black-capped vireo nests. The Condor 105: 348-357.
- black-capped vireo
- capped vireo
Examples
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Not even any developer denies that the passenger pigeon is extinct, nor does any conservation biologist deny that the rare and declining black-capped vireo still exists.
Academic text (1991) -
- A solitary vireo?
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I heard a yellow warbler, a house wren, a red-eyed vireo; stray notes of goldfinch.
Fiction book (1991) -
While hiking in the woods, I spotted a vireo perched on a branch, singing its delightful song.
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The white-eyed vireo flitted between the trees, foraging for insects in the summer foliage.
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Birdwatchers often gather in the area to catch a glimpse of the elusive vireo during migration season.
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
The word vireo comes from the Latin vireo, which means 'I am green' or simply 'green', because many of these small songbirds are olive-green in colour. So vireo is an easy name to remember for a small, green songbird that often sings and eats insects.