Black-whiskered vireo
Vireo altiloquus
Identification Tips:
- Thick bill with hooked upper mandible
- Sexes similar
Adult:
- Red eye
- White supercilium bordered above by a dark line and below
by a dark eye line
- Dark malar streak
- Gray crown contrasts with olive-green back and upper wings
- No wing bars
- White underparts
- Yellowish cast to flanks and undertail coverts in fresh plumage
- Blue-gray legs
- Range mostly restricted to Florida coasts
Juvenile:
- Brown eye
- Yellower underparts than adult
Similar species:
The Black-whiskered Vireo is most similar to the Red-eyed Vireo and can
be distinguished by its black malar streak. Other vireos also lack the malar
streak and have different face patterns.