Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Red-eyed Vireo

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Bird

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vireonidae

Genus: Vireo

Species: Vireo olivaceus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native (Breeding)

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Vireo olivaceus

Vireo olivaceus

Dead individual. Apparently killed from flying into a guy wire on a meteorological tower.

Merrimack County, NH

Date: 2010-05-21

Vireo olivaceus

Ventral view of dead bird, under meteorological tower

Merrimack County, NH

Date: 2010-05-21