vireo

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One part of it originated from the experiences I’ve had studying a species — the gray vireo — that most people have never heard of.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

The pair once spent a week combing brushy hills and mesas in the Grapevine Mountains on the eastern edges of Death Valley in hopes of spotting an elusive and rarely seen gray vireo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The song that Gary made the recording of did sound a bit like a bird called a brown-capped vireo.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2021

PLF’s attorneys have sued on behalf of the Texas Farm Bureau to strip protections from a small bird called the black-capped vireo.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2019

The Ipswich sparrow was the third such bird that I had seen during the year without going out of New England, the other two being the Tennessee warbler and the Philadelphia vireo.

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford