red-eyed vireo

American  

[red-ahyd] / ˈrɛdˌaɪd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of red-eyed vireo

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

The rose-breasted grosbeak is there too, and the red-eyed vireo, and the indigo bunting.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023

The deadpan statement, "red eye is of little aid," has nothing to do with liquor but refers to the red-eyed vireo � better "characterized by the gray cap and the black-bordered white 'eyebrow' stripe."

From Time Magazine Archive

A red-eyed vireo baby in his cradle Out of it Home of the loggerhead shrike, with plenty of convenient hooks for this butcher bird to hang meat on.

From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje

One of them, the warbling vireo, they call the 'brigadier' on account of its peculiar note, and the other or red-eyed vireo, the 'preacher,' from its earnest manner of utterance.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

A little afterward, a red-eyed vireo alighted on his other favorite perch, and he showed no resentment.

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford