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Overview
The Bell's Vireo is small songbird with drab gray coloring to greenish coloring above and white to yellow coloring below. The Bell's Vireo has one prominent wingbar with a more faint wingbar above it and a faint white eye ring. Juveniles are similar to adults, but whiter below and with more distinct wingbars.
References for Species Profile
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2015. Bell's Vireo. All About Birds. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bells_vireo/id
- Kus, Barbara, Steven L. Hopp, R. Roy Johnson and Bryan T. Brown. 2010. Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/035
Scientific Name
Vireo bellii
Common Name
Bell's Vireo
FWS Category
Birds
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