Species: Vireo huttoni
Hutton's Vireo
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Vireonidae
Genus
Vireo
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Vireo Reyezuelo - Viréo de Hutton
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Vireonidae - Vireo - (AOU 1998). See Johnson et al. (1988) and Murray et al. (1994) for analyses of the phylogenetic relationships among vireos.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small bird (vireo).
Migration
true - true - false - Partly migratory in Arizona. Migrations consist of subtle elevational changes at most (Cicero and Johnson 1992).
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
true
Food Comments
Not well known, but based on some stomach analyses eats insects, spiders, berries, and plant galls (Terres 1980).
Reproduction Comments
Female incubates 4, sometimes 3-5, eggs for about 14 days. Young leave nest about 14 days after hatching (Terres 1980).
Length
13
Weight
12
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
RESIDENT: southwestern British Columbia south through western Washington, western Oregon and western California to northwestern Baja California; southern Baja California; and from central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and extreme western Texas south through highlands of Mexico to western Guatemala. Casual to southeastern California and southwestern Arizona (AOU 1983).