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The pace of the phrase delivery varies (6.45am, May, RI).
Red-eyed Vireos are known to incorporate notes of other species into their songs. This individual included a Carolina Wren-like phrase and an Eastern Wood-Pewee call in its repertoire.
(July, PA).
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Carolina Wren-like phrase at 14s (center)
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Eastern Wood-Pewee call at 20s (center)
The Blue-headed Vireo song differs in having higher pitched, sweeter phrases, and as with the Red-eyed Vireo, consecutive phrases are different, known as immediate variety. Each male has a repertoire of up to 20 phrases (July, ME).
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Occasionally a more extended "rambling" song is sung (July, ME).
time scale reduced
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Blue-headed Vireos are often heard singing during fall migration. In many cases these are probably young birds learning to sing (Oct, PA).
(Oct, NJ).
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The Purple Finch sings a similar song in fall migration that could be a source of confusion (Oct, PA).
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The Warbling Vireo is another persistent singer, so much so that the male sings on the nest, a habit unusual among birds as it might attract attention to the nest site. This species is doing well in New Jersey and is extending its breeding range southwards (May, NJ).
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Unlike most species, Warbling Vireos continue to sing into September until they migrate south.
(Sep, NJ).
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Western Warbling Vireos have a subtly different song (July, CO).
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The Yellow-throated Vireo sings from high in trees and, like the Scarlet Tanager, sounds like it has a sore throat. Each male's repertoire consists of up to 8 songs (May, ND).
(June, NJ).
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The emphatic song of the White-eyed Vireo is generally heard low down in damp undergrowth. Each male has a repertoire of about 12 phrases, each usually repeated a number of times before switching to another, known as eventual variety. The song is comprised largely of alarm calls of other species (see Mimicry II : The White-eyed Vireo).
Two examples:
(Apr, NJ)
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(May, NJ)
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Sometimes White-eyed Vireos forsake eventual variety and switch from one song to another, as in this example (June, NJ).
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Song combined with alarm calls (June, NJ).
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The White-eyed Vireo often launches into an extended song, the rambling song (see The White-eyed Vireo rambling song). This song is made up of the alarm calls of other species breeding at the same location, including Brown Thrasher, Blue Grosbeak, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Gray Catbird, Hooded Warbler, Carolina Wren, Northern Flicker, American Robin, House Wren, Wood Thrush, Red-Eyed Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow Warbler and Eastern Chipmunk (June, NJ).
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2 comments:
I was mystified by this odd song a few days ago in Warren Co, VA. I patiently tracked him down and saw that this mysterious songster was a red-eyed vireo. To my ears that have been listening to REVis for 50 years, it sounds nothing like a red-eyed vireo. This eBird link has the iphone recording. https://ebird.org/atlasva/view/checklist/S46010896
That reminded me of an anomalous Red-eyed Vireo I recorded a couple of years ago. I just posted it.
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