Yellow-winged Vireo
Vireo carmioli
The Yellow-winged Vireo (Vireo carmioli) is a rare shrike-babblers, erpornis, and vireo found in 2 countries, weighing about 13 g. The yellow-winged vireo, or Carmiol's vireo, is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers.
About the Yellow-winged Vireo
The yellow-winged vireo, or Carmiol's vireo, is a small passerine bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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How to identify it
The yellow-winged vireo is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 13 to 15 g (0.46 to 0.53 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray-green crown. A whitish to buffy yellow area above the lores and eye-ring give the appearance of spectacles. Their nape and upperparts are dull greenish. Their wing coverts are dark greenish gray with wide whitish to pale yellow tips that show as two wing bars. Their primaries and secondaries are blackish gray with wide yellow-green edges. Their rectrices are blackish gray with wide greenish yellow edges on the outer webs. Voice: The yellow-winged vireo's song is "a leisurely series of two- and three-note phrases with distinct pauses between phrases". It has been written as "cheeyah, cheeyah, chipcheewee, interspersed with longer pauses". Its calls include a "nasal net" and a "chwick".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, April, May, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in March. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Yellow-winged Vireo?
- The yellow-winged vireo is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 13 to 15 g (0.46 to 0.53 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Yellow-winged Vireo?
- The Yellow-winged Vireo is a tiny sized bird weighing about 13 g.
- Where can you see a Yellow-winged Vireo?
- The Yellow-winged Vireo occurs in 2 countries, including Costa Rica and Panama.
- What birds look similar to a Yellow-winged Vireo?
- The Yellow-winged Vireo is most easily confused with the Thick-billed Vireo, the Golden Vireo and the Yucatan Vireo.
- Is the Yellow-winged Vireo endangered?
- The Yellow-winged Vireo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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