Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus · Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos
The Red-eyed Vireo is a common songbird known for its persistent, melodic singing throughout the summer. This neat, olive-green and white bird has a distinctive head pattern and, as its name suggests, red eyes in adulthood. Often heard more than seen, it forages methodically in the leafy canopy of forests.
Explore the full field guideMigratoryMedium-small sizePersistent songInsectivorous/Frugivorous
4 calls·first heard Jul 23·last 8d ago
When it's heardpeak 6a · fall
5a12p9p
How to know it
- Adults have vivid red eyes, though they can appear dark from a distance; juveniles have brown eyes.
- A crisp pattern of a slate-gray crown, a white eyebrow stripe, and a black line bordering the eyebrow and running through the eye.
- Olive-green upperparts and clean white underparts, often with a pale yellow wash on the flanks and undertail coverts.
- A strong, relatively long bill with a slight hook at the tip.