Yellow-throated vireo Vireo flavifrons

Identification Tips:

• Thick bill with hooked upper mandible
• Dark eye
• Bold yellow spectacles
• Bright yellow throat and upper breast
• Olive head and back
• White belly and undertail coverts
• Gray rump
• Wings and tail dark
• Blue-gray legs
• Two bold white wing bars
• Sexes similar
• Juvenile similar to adult

Similar Species:

No other vireo combines white wing bars, yellow throat and yellow spectacles. Juvenile White-eyed Vireo is similar but does not have a yellow throat. Pine Warbler has similar plumage, but lacks spectacles, and has a thinner bill, faintly streaked sides, and white tail spots.