Listen to the red-eyed vireo
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About the red-eyed vireo
The red-eyed vireo is a bird in the family Vireonidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the red-eyed vireo sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and roodoogvireo. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is a small American songbird. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae). Common across its vast range, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Vireo is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific olivaceus is Neo-Latin for 'olive-green', from Latin oliva ('olive').
Related birds in the genus Vireo
More from the family Vireonidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a red-eyed vireo sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the red-eyed vireo on this page, including its song and roodoogvireo. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the red-eyed vireo endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the red-eyed vireo as “least concern”.
What family does the red-eyed vireo belong to?
The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) belongs to the family Vireonidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Roodoogvireo by Jonathan Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Dakota, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: below La Cruz, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Mayo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q582976 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-eyed vireo – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by John Benson from Madison WI – CC BY 2.0