Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
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Call and song
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About the Red-eyed Vireo
Plain olive-green above and whitish below with no wingbars. Red eye of adults is not always easy to see; immatures have brown eyes. Dark stripe through and above eye. Larger and thicker-billed than warblers. Breeds in mature deciduous forest. Often sings nearly nonstop throughout the day; listen for repetitive musical phrases coming from the treetops. Often with flocks of chickadees and warblers during migration. Winters in South America, where it could be confused with the very similar Chivi Vireo, from which it is best distinguished by voice.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 56 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Faroe Islands
- France
- French Guiana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Panama
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)