Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
(L 5.5" WS 9.5" Wt 0.63 oz)
Starved Rock State Park
Utica
12Sept2012
Most colorful of its family
...typically is solitary except
during breeding seasons.
...typically is solitary except
during breeding seasons.
Vireo in Greek means small
green bird; flavifrons in Latin
means golden-yellow forehead.
green bird; flavifrons in Latin
means golden-yellow forehead.
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field
Guide to the Bird was the first
modern field guide.
Guide to the Bird was the first
modern field guide.
(Helen Macdonald)