Vireos (Vireonidae)
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) - HBW 15, p. 422
French: Viréo de Bell
German: Braunaugenvireo
Spanish: Vireo de Bell
Other common names: Least Bell's Vireo (pusillus)
Taxonomy: Vireo bellii Audubon, 1844, "short distance below Black Snake Hills" = near St Joseph, Missouri, USA.
Possibly most closely related to V. atricapilla, but may be closest to V. griseus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bellii Audubon, 1844 - breeds C & S USA (from North Dakota E to Indiana, S to C Texas); migrates to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and (rarely) extreme NW Nicaragua.
- pusillus Coues, 1866 - breeds S California S to extreme NW Mexico (NW Baja California); migrates to S Baja California.
- arizonae Ridgway, 1903 - breeds SW USA (S Nevada, SW Utah, NW Arizona and SW New Mexico) S to NW Mexico (NE Baja California and Sonora); migrates to W Mexico (C & S Sonora S to Jalisco, rarely to C Michoachán).
- medius Oberholser, 1903 - breeds SC USA (S New Mexico, SW Texas) S to NC Mexico (S to San Luis Potosí, probably SW Tamaulipas, possibly SW Durango); migrates to W Mexico.
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Female brooding nestlings that are, my guess, 7-8 days old. Male brings in large invertebrate, gives to female, who then feeds Locality Santa Ana River, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 6 May 2009 4 years ago 32 sec 4.9 -
Female brooding. Male sings off camera and eventually brings the female a grub, which she then feeds to a nestling. Locality Santa Ana River, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 2 May 2009 4 years ago 1 min 4.8 -
Female shading eggs. Note the drop of liquid attached to underside of upper mandible (sweat? it was hot that day) Locality Santa Ana River, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 22 April 2009 4 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
Three views of a spring adult perched on an Elderberry bush singing. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Don DesJardin 11 April 2011 2 years ago 50 sec 4.7 -
Male adding to nest and singing. Locality Santa Ana River, California, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 24 April 2009 4 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
Three views of an adult male perched on a Elderberry bush singing. Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Don DesJardin 10 May 2010 3 years ago 51 sec 4.6
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Status - Federal: Endangered - State: Endangered; The breeding population of this vireo north of the U.S. - Mexican border now n
Locality Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, Los Angeles County, California, USA (United States) (ssp Vireo bellii pusillus)
Alexander Viduetsky 12 May 2012 1 year ago 4.6 -
Three vireo eggs and two Brown-headed Cowbird eggs.
Locality California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 1 May 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Adult foraging on a riparian area
Locality Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico (Northern)
rchavezdm 22 January 2013 17 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female shading eggs
Locality Santa Ana River, California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 22 April 2009 4 years ago 4.3 -
Hatch day
Locality California, USA (United States) (ssp pusillus)
Conan Guard 1 May 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Fresh fall plumage
Locality Manhattan, Kansas, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 21 August 2005 1 year ago 3.5
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Song. Locality Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
(ssp arizonae)
Scott Olmstead 17 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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