Red-eyed Vireo
Rotaugenvireo ( Vireo olivaceus )
The Rotaugenvireo ( Vireo olivaceus ) is an American songbird of Vireofamilie. Two subspecies, including the nominate subspecies occur in North America, about another ten subspecies live in Central and South America. He is one of the most common forest bird species in North America. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the bird that sings the most different songs, some more than 2,000 different per hour.
In Europe, the Rotaugenvireo is a rare migratory bird. Since the 1970s, however, it is demonstrated every year in the UK and Ireland, where it is the most common Nearctic Singvogelart, which can be observed there. In Central Europe, it represents an exceptional guest, the date could be detected only a few times safely.
Features
The 12.5 -centimeter-long Rotaugenvireo has a light gray crown, a darker back, a white stripe over eyes, a white underside, a dark eye stripe and striking red eyes.
The call consists of a two to three-syllable chee- wit. The song consists of a series of short stanzas and is a twittering tschiwiwi, tschirrtschirr.
Occurrence
The Rotaugenvireo is a nearktisch and neotropisch breeding bird of the boreal, nemoral and subtropical zone of Nordamerdika up in the middle of South America.
The bird breeds in forests and sparse forest landscapes in many parts of Canada and the United States. For the winter he goes to the south to Uruguay.
Behavior
The Rotaugenvireo hides in tree crowns, but falls during the breeding season on his singing. In autumn and winter, the bird feeds on fruits and berries, during most of the year, mainly on insects.
Reproduction
The nest is a complicated braided structure made of plant materials and cobwebs, which is lined with animal hair and grasses and hung on a tree branch. The clutch consists of one to five eggs. The Rotaugenvireo suffers from brood parasitism by the brown -headed cowbird and the Seidenkuhstärling.