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 LC    Philadelphia Vireo* Id (Atlas):
    Vireo philadelphicus

Description (10)
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Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, temperate forest.

Range (Guide)
Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (P), Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B).

Vagrant to Antigua And Barbuda, Jamaica, United Kingdom.

Breeds southern Canada (from Alberta and extreme eastern British Columbia east to south-eastern Quebec and New Brunswick, possibly also Nova Scotia), southern in northern USA to northern North Dakota, northern Minnesota, northern Michigan, northern New York and Maine. Migrates to Central America (extreme southern Mexico, in Chiapas and Yucatán, south to central Panama).
 
Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (63)...)

 
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) [XC55075]
     by Martin St-Michel from Scott Bog Road, Coos Co., New Hampshire, United States (song)

 
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) [XC420811]
     by id from Division No. 6, Subd. D (near Bishop's Falls), Division No. 6, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Melodivireo. Most closely related to Eastern Warbling-Vireo (Vireo gilvus). One report of hybridization with Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) in south-eastern Canada (Quebec).


References
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Files:
JPG files for Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) - 10 files


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