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vir·e·o

 (vîr′ē-ō′)
n. pl. vir·e·os
Any of various small insectivorous songbirds of several genera, especially of the genus Vireo, found throughout the Americas and having grayish or greenish plumage.

[Latin vireō, a kind of bird, from virēre, to be green.]
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vireo

(ˈvɪrɪəʊ)
n, pl vireos
(Animals) any insectivorous American songbird of the family Vireonidae, esp those of the genus Vireo, having an olive-grey back with pale underparts
[C19: from Latin: a bird, probably a greenfinch; compare virēre to be green]
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vir•e•o

(ˈvɪr iˌoʊ)

n., pl. vir•e•os.
any of various small, insectivorous, typically dull-plumaged songbirds of the family Vireonidae, of the New World, having a slightly hooked bill.
[1825–35; < New Latin; Latin vireō (Pliny), probably the greenfinch, derivative of virēre to be green]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vireo - any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in colorvireo - any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
genus Vireo - type genus of the Vireonidae
red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceous - of northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underparts
solitary vireo, Vireo solitarius - of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body
blue-headed vireo, Vireo solitarius solitarius - common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head
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North Wales struggles in this regard, blocked by Ireland to the west and it was the latter that saw multiple Red-eyed Vireos, a Scarlet Tanager and a Blackpoll Warbler.
Colored page edges differentiate the different categories, such as loons and grebes, doves and pigeons, hummingbirds, strikes and vireos, warblers, and finches and house sparrows.
Like other Neotropical migrants, black-capped vireos spend a considerable portion of their annual life cycle on the wintering grounds, arriving as early as August (Graber, 1957) and remaining as late as April (Sullivan et al., 2009).
The day was brightening now, and we needed to hustle to locate migrant songbirds, including warblers, vireos, thrushes, and flycatchers.
Furthermore, Orenstein and Barlow (1981) observed that the origin of this muscle from fleshy fibers is in the region of the fossa temporalis, but in some vireos, including C.
(2013) Managing brown-headed cowbirds to sustain abundance of black-headed vireos. Wildlife Society Bulletin doi: 10.1002/wsb.277.
Warblers, vireos, orioles and tanagers are foremost among the groups that birders will be trying to observe.
House finches and plumbeous vireos are two examples, Francis said.
"That's a large piece of preserved, contiguous habitat, and in that area one still finds a large number of breeding warblers, thrushes, vireos. It demonstrates the importance of habitat and open space preservation," Mr.
"Plumbeous vireos raised the pitch of the lowest part of their song, while grey vireos raised the pitch of the highest part of their song," said Francis.
Dull-colored plumages and slow movements from tree to tree make vireos easy to overlook.
A scarlet tanager, white-throated sparrow, little blue heron, Swainson's thrush and both Philadelphia and redeyed vireos were scattered down Ireland's west coast.