- Gray Vireo
Taxobox
name = Gray Vireo
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Vireonidae
genus = "Vireo "
species = "V. vicinior"
binomial = "Vireo vicinior"
binomial_authority = Coues, 1866The Gray Vireo ("Vireo vicinior") is a smallNorth America npasserine bird . It breeds from the southwesternUnited States and northernBaja California to westernTexas . It is a migrant, wintering in northwesternMexico in westernSonora state, and the southernBaja Peninsula inBaja California Sur .This
vireo frequents dry brush, especiallyjuniper , on the slopes of the southwestern mountains. It has only one small region where it is aresident bird , theBig Bend National Park in theRio Grande river valley of southwest Texas.The Gray Vireo is 14 cm (5½ inches) in length, gray above, and dull white below, with a single faint wing bar and eye-ring. It has a short, thick bill. Sexes are similar. The sideways twitching of its tail is unique among vireos and is reminiscent of that of
gnatcatcher s. The call is "hu-wee, chu-wee, che-weet, chee, ch-churr-weet", "churr", "schray".References
*IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=50996|title=Vireo vicinior|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
External links
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=gray+vireo&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Gray Vireo photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Vireo+vicinior Photo-High Res--(Close-up)]
* [http://www.greglasley.net/Images/Gray-Vireo-0010.jpgPhoto-High Res]
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