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Philadelphia Vireo -
(Vireo philadelphicus)
 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Grey-olive above, greyish cap
  • Yellow below
  • Dark eyeline with dull light line above
  • 5.25" (13 cm.)

Habitat

  • Early to mid-successional deciduous
         forest and edges
  • During migration, shrubby areas,
         second-growth forest, especially near
         water

Additional Information

  • Rare to uncommon migrant
  • Nests in the boreal forest
  • A few nest records for northern Wisconsin
  • Winters in Central America

Comparable Species

  • Red-eyed Vireo (larger, similar song)
  • Warbling Vireo (lacks dark eyeline)
  • Tennessee Warbler (thinner bill, white
         undertail coverts)

Philadelphia Vireo in the brush 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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