red-eyed vireo

[ red-ahyd ]

noun

1. an American vireo, Vireo olivaceus, having olive-green and white plumage and red irises.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-eyed vireo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

Call, resembles that of the Red-eyed Vireo; song; a rich, firm, unbroken warble with an alto undertone.

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A red-eyed vireo suddenly appeared in the branches above me, holding an immense green worm in his beak.

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Another curious visitor was a red-eyed vireo, who, being received in the same innocent and childlike way, also took his leave.

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Resembles the Red-eyed Vireo but has a dusky streak on each side of the throat.

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In the same tree, but lower down on a horizontal branch the exquisite pendulous nest of the Red-eyed Vireo was now and then found.

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