Hutton's Vireo
The Hutton's Vireo is a small, grayish-olive vireo with a partial white eye ring below, incomplete "spectacle" and 2 white wing bars. Its song is a monotonous two part phrase, either up-slurred or down-slurred: chu-whe, chu-wee or che-eer, che-eer. Its call is a harsh chit-chit. The Hutton's Vireo moves slowly, almost sluggishly through the canopy, halting after every move to forage for insects among the foliage. During winter, Hutton's Vireo may join a mixed flock, where it is easily confused with the smaller Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

The Hutton's Vireo gleans food from foliage and small twigs, and occasionally hawks flying insects. It mostly eats insects, plus some spiders and small berries. This vireo builds a hanging cup nest that is anchored to horizontal twigs and usually near the tips of the branches primarily in oaks. The nest is 7 to 25 feet above the ground.

The Hutton's Vireo is a year-round resident in southwestern British Columbia south to southern California, central Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and western Texas. It prefers deciduous and mixed forests (primarily oak woodlands) and live-oak tangles in the canyons of the Southwest.
Hutton's Vireo Range Map

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