Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

HOW TO IDENTIFY:

* Length: 5 inches
* Thick bill with hooked upper mandible
* Dark eye
* Bold yellow spectacles
* Bright yellow throat and upper breast
* Olive head and back
* White belly and undertail coverts
* Gray rump
* Wings and tail dark
* Blue-gray legs
* Two bold white wing bars
* Sexes similar
* Juvenile similar to adult

Similar Species:

No other vireo combines white wing bars, yellow throat and yellow spectacles. Juvenile White-eyed Vireo is similar but does not have a yellow throat. Pine Warbler has similar plumage, but lacks spectacles, and has a thinner bill, faintly streaked sides, and white tail spots.