Vireo

VIREO (Warbling Vireo) is a small perching songbird, drab olive green in colour with a white or yellowish-white chest. It feeds on INSECTS and BERRIES and builds a distinctive cup-shaped nest that hangs suspended from a tree branch. Of 8 species in Canada, 6 occur in BC. The warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) is the most commonly seen in urban areas. Like Cassin's vireo (V. cassinii) and the red-eyed vireo (V. olivaceus), it is widely distributed across the province. Hutton's vireo (V. huttoni) is...

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