OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 40001

vireo

/ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
verderón
Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts in…
Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and Sout…
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