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| + | [[Image:Bells Vireo Dug out Wells Big Bend NP.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Brewster County, [[Texas]], May, 2014]] | ||
;[[:Category:Vireo|Vireo]] bellii | ;[[:Category:Vireo|Vireo]] bellii | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 12-13 cm | ||
| + | *Dull olive-grey above | ||
| + | *Whitish below | ||
| + | *Faint white eye ring and wing bars | ||
| + | *Olive green rump | ||
| + | *Grey-black bill | ||
| + | *Brown eyes | ||
| + | *Dark grey-blue-black legs<br /> | ||
| + | Sexes alike | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[File:Bells_Vireo_Vb-bellii_JMOR.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nominate Race ''V. b. bellii''<br />Photo © by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br />Uvalde, [[Texas]], [[USA]], 17 April 2021]] | ||
Western [[United States]] and northern [[Mexico]]; winters from [[Mexico]] south to [[Nicaragua]]. Accidental vagrant to eastern [[United States]]. | Western [[United States]] and northern [[Mexico]]; winters from [[Mexico]] south to [[Nicaragua]]. Accidental vagrant to eastern [[United States]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies. | Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies. | ||
| + | *''V. b. medius'': | ||
| + | :*South-western [[Texas]] to southern Durango and southern Coahuila; winters to [[Oaxaca]] | ||
| + | *''V. b. bellii'': | ||
| + | :*Central and southern [[US]]; winters from southern [[Mexico]] to northern [[Nicaragua]] | ||
| + | *''V. b. arizonae'' (Arizona): | ||
| + | :*South-western [[US]]; winters from Baja and central Sonora to Colima | ||
| + | *''V. b. pusillus'' (Least): | ||
| + | :*Arid southern [[California]]; winters to southern Baja | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Arid areas. | + | Arid scrubland areas. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects and spiders. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | It makes a well-camouflaged basket-like cup nest from grass, straw-like stems, plant fibres, small skeletonized leaves, paper, and strips of bark fastened with spider silk;it is lined with fine, brown or yellow grass stems. Outside it is decorated with spider egg cases. 3-5 white with sparse spotting eggs are laid. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}#Wikipedia | ||
| + | #BirdForum Member observations | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Vireo | + | {{GSearch|"Vireo bellii" {{!}} "Bell's Vireo"}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vireo | + | {{GS-checked}}1 |
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| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Vireo]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:33, 12 May 2025
- Vireo bellii
Identification
12-13 cm
- Dull olive-grey above
- Whitish below
- Faint white eye ring and wing bars
- Olive green rump
- Grey-black bill
- Brown eyes
- Dark grey-blue-black legs
Sexes alike
Distribution
Western United States and northern Mexico; winters from Mexico south to Nicaragua. Accidental vagrant to eastern United States.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies.
- V. b. medius:
- V. b. bellii:
- V. b. arizonae (Arizona):
- South-western US; winters from Baja and central Sonora to Colima
- V. b. pusillus (Least):
- Arid southern California; winters to southern Baja
Habitat
Arid scrubland areas.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and spiders.
Breeding
It makes a well-camouflaged basket-like cup nest from grass, straw-like stems, plant fibres, small skeletonized leaves, paper, and strips of bark fastened with spider silk;it is lined with fine, brown or yellow grass stems. Outside it is decorated with spider egg cases. 3-5 white with sparse spotting eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Wikipedia
- BirdForum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bell's Vireo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bell%27s_Vireo
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
