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What (who) is vireo - definition
FAMILY OF BIRDS
Vireonidae; Vireo nest; Vireos
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Vireo
·noun Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.
vireo
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¦ noun (plural vireos) a small American songbird, typically green or grey with yellow or white underparts. [Family Vireonidae: several species.]
Origin
C19: from L., perh. denoting a greenfinch.
Vireo
The vireos make up a family, Vireonidae, of small to medium-sized passerine birds found in the New World (Canada to Argentina, including Bermuda and the West Indies) and Southeast Asia. "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch.
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Vireo
The vireos make up a family, Vireonidae, of small to medium-sized passerine birds found in the New World (Canada to Argentina, including Bermuda and the West Indies) and Southeast Asia. "Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch.
They are typically dull-plumaged and greenish in color, the smaller species resembling wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. They range in size from the Chocó vireo, dwarf vireo and lesser greenlet, all at around 10cm and 8g, to the peppershrikes and shrike-vireos at up to 17cm and 40g.
Examples of use of vireo
1. The least Bell‘s vireo, a little gray songbird that fits in a closed fist, was once widespread in the Central Valley.
2. Linette Lina, a seasonal biologist at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge west of Modesto, first recognized the vireo by its distinctive song on Friday.
3. The estuary is a federally protected wetland and wildlife refuge that is home to a number of endangered bird species, including the light–footed clapper rail, the California least tern, the least Bell‘s vireo and the American peregrine falcon.