| Red-eyed Vireo Identification Tips |
| (Credit: U. S. Geological Survey) |
| General
Information - Thick bill with hooked upper mandible - Sexes similar - Red eye - White supercilium bordered above by a dark line and below by a dark eye line - Gray crown contrasts with olive-green back and upper wings - No wing bars - White underparts - Yellowish cast to flanks and undertail coverts in fresh plumage - Blue-gray legs - Juvenile has brown eye and yellower underparts than adult Similar species Warbling Vireo has a grayer back, no black borders to the white supercilium, and a dark eye. Philadelphia Vireo has yellower underparts, a less distinct supercilium and a dark eye. In Florida the Black-whiskered Vireo can be distinguished from the Red-eyed by its black malar streak. In South Texas the rare Yellow-green Vireo is much yellower below and has much paler black borders to the supercilium than the Red-eyed. All other vireos have wing bars. |
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