Bell's vireo

Bell's vireo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vireonidae
Genus: Vireo
Species:
V. bellii
Binomial name
Vireo bellii
Audubon, 1844
Least Bell's vireo with leg band, grasped in human hand.

Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii)[2] is a songbird that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America. It is dull olive-gray above and whitish below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars.

This bird was named by Audubon for John Graham Bell, who accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River in the 1840s.

The least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) is an endangered subspecies in Southern California. Consideration of Bell's vireo has been a factor in several land development projects, to protect least Bell's vireo habitat. The decline of the least Bell's vireo is mostly due to a loss of riparian habitat.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Vireo bellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22705156A131396337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705156A131396337.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BirdLife was invoked but never defined (see the help page).