Bell's Vireo

What the Bell's Vireo sounds like

Recorded by Robert Benson · Song · Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Song · Grey Cloud Dunes SNA, Washington, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Robert Benson · Song · El Caballo, San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Bell's Vireo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bell's Vireo

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada, Bahamas.

About the Bell's Vireo

Bell's vireo 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.

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Easily confused with

Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusAdults are mainly olive-brown on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have dark eyes and a grey crown. Cassin's VireoVireo cassiniiThe vireo is 11–14 cm (4–6 inches) long. Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeusThe plumbeous vireo is 12.4 to 13.8 cm (4.9 to 5.4 in) long and weighs about 12 to 20 g (0.42 to 0.71 oz).

Side by side: Bell's Vireo vs Yellow-throated Vireo · Bell's Vireo vs Hutton's Vireo · Bell's Vireo vs Philadelphia Vireo · Bell's Vireo vs Cassin's Vireo · Bell's Vireo vs Plumbeous Vireo