Plumbeous Vireo

Taxobox
name = Plumbeous Vireo
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Vireonidae
genus = " Vireo "
species = "V. plumbeus"
binomial = "Vireo plumbeus"
binomial_authority = Coues, 1866

The Plumbeous Vireo ("Vireo plumbeus") is a small North American songbird, ranging from far southeastern Montana and western South Dakota south to the Pacific coast of Mexico, including the extreme southern regions of Baja California Sur. It is migratory, moving to the southern part of its range in winter, and its habitat generally encompasses open pine forests.

The Plumbeous Vireo is 4.75 inches (12cm) in length, with a gray head, back, and flanks, and whitish underparts. It has a solid white eye ring and white wing bars.

The song, given persistently, consists of short, rough whistled phrases of several notes, spaced about 2 seconds apart. The phrases often alternate ending on a high note and a low note, giving an impression of question and answer.

The Plumbeous Vireo builds a cup nest out of bark strips and down in the fork of a twig. It lays 3 to 5 white eggs with some brown spots.

This species was formerly considered to belong to the same species as Cassin's Vireo and Blue-headed Vireo. At that time, this complex of species was referred to as the "Solitary Vireo".

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

*ITIS|ID=554477|taxon=Vireo plumbeus|year=2006|date=4 February

*cite book | author=Robbins, Chandler S., Bertel Bruun, Herbert S. Zim, Arthur Singer | title=Birds of North America : A Guide To Field Identification | publisher=Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press | year=2001 | pages = p. 262 | id=ISBN 1-58238-090-2

External links

* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Plumbeous_Vireo.html Plumbeous Vireo species account] Cornell Lab of Ornithology
* [http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6292id.html Plumbeous Vireo] at USGS
* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=Plumbeous%20Vireo&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1 Plumbeous Vireo] from eNature.com, including photograph
* [http://www.naturesongs.com/tyrrcert.html#plvi Page with recordings of the Plumbeous Vireo] from Naturesongs, accessed June 20, 2006
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=plumbeous+vireo&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Plumbeous Vireo photo gallery] VIREO-(Visual Resources for Ornithology)
* [http://k43.pbase.com/v3/97/484697/1/44910662.199951805PLVIweb.jpgPhoto: bird and nest-High Res] ; [http://www.pbase.com/clinton62/image/44910662 Article] pbase.com(T.Munson)
* [http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsL-R/PlumbeousVireo2RF.jpgPhoto: bird on nest-High Res] ; [http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsL-R/PlumbeousVireo.htm Article, w/photo gallery(HighRes)] "Utah Birds" www.utahbirds.org
* [http://fireflyforest.net/images/firefly/2006/April/vireo.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/04/08/plumbeous-vireo/ Article-(with synopsis] fireflyforest.net