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red-eyed vireo
[ red-ahyd ]
noun
- an American vireo, Vireo olivaceus, having olive-green and white plumage and red irises.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of red-eyed vireo1
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Example Sentences
Call, resembles that of the Red-eyed Vireo; song; a rich, firm, unbroken warble with an alto undertone.
A red-eyed vireo suddenly appeared in the branches above me, holding an immense green worm in his beak.
Another curious visitor was a red-eyed vireo, who, being received in the same innocent and childlike way, also took his leave.
Resembles the Red-eyed Vireo but has a dusky streak on each side of the throat.
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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