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This bird was named by [[John James Audubon|Audubon]] for [[John Graham Bell]], who accompanied him on his trip up the [[Missouri River]] in the 1840s. |
This bird was named by [[John James Audubon|Audubon]] for [[John Graham Bell]], who accompanied him on his trip up the [[Missouri River]] in the 1840s. |
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The '''Least Bell's Vireo''' (''Vireo bellii pusillus''), is an [[endangered]] subspecies in [[Southern California]]. Consideration of Bell's Vireo has been a factor in several [[land development]] projects, to protect Least Bell's Vireo habitat. The decline of the Least Bell's Vireo is mostly due to |
The '''Least Bell's Vireo''' (''Vireo bellii pusillus''), is an [[endangered]] subspecies in [[Southern California]]. Consideration of Bell's Vireo has been a factor in several [[land development]] projects, to protect Least Bell's Vireo habitat. The decline of the Least Bell's Vireo is mostly due to a loss of riparian habitat and brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird. |
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==Behavior and ecology== |
==Behavior and ecology== |
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Revision as of 18:17, 3 June 2011
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The Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)[1] is a small North American songbird. It is 4-3/4 to 5 inches (12-13 cm) in length, dull olive-gray above and whitish below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars.
This bird was named by Audubon for John Graham Bell, who accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River in the 1840s.
The Least Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), is an endangered subspecies in Southern California. Consideration of Bell's Vireo has been a factor in several land development projects, to protect Least Bell's Vireo habitat. The decline of the Least Bell's Vireo is mostly due to a loss of riparian habitat and brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird.
Behavior and ecology
The Bell's Vireo makes a well-camouflaged nest but when found the bird will stand its ground against intruders. Cowbirds use Bell's Vireo nests as their own nurseries. Bell's Vireo often uses Western poison oak shrubs or vines as nesting locations.[2] Cowbirds sometimes lay eggs in Bell's Vireo nests.
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References
- Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
- C.Michael Hogan (2008) Western poison-oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum, GlobalTwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [1]
External links
- Bell's Vireo Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Bell's Vireo - Vireo bellii - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Bell's Vireo Information - South Dakota Birds and Birding
- Bell's Vireo photo gallery - VIREO
- Bell's Vireo synopsis - Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
- Photo-High Res--(Close-up); Article - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-(So. California)
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Vireo
- Birds of the United States
- Native birds of the Plains-Midwest (United States)
- Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
- Fauna of the Yuma Desert
- Fauna of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Fauna of the Lower Colorado River Valley
- Birds of the U.S. Rio Grande Valleys
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds of Baja Peninsula Mexico
- Native birds of Western Mexico
- Native birds of Central Mexico
- Birds of Guatemala
- Birds of El Salvador
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- North American migratory birds