Birds and Birding's Guide to:

Watching THE SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS

THE SONG BIRDS

THE VIREOS

Yellow-throated and Solitary Vireos

Very similar to the last genus, but possessing a relatively shorter and stouter bill and wings with two conspicuous white bars, is the genus Lanivireo, which embraces three species, of which the Yellow-throated Vireo (L. flavifrons) of eastern North America may be taken as typical. This species, which may be known by the absence of the spurious (tenth) primary, olive-green back and hind neck, and bright yellow throat and chest, is very like the Red-eye in habits, except that it keeps more to the upper portions of the trees, and has a similar but more deliberate song. The only other North American species is the Solitary Vireo (L. solitarius), which has the spurious primary well developed but lacks the yellow on the chest. It is found in eastern North America, and in four or five subspecies spreads over the major portion of southern and western United States.

 

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