Planet of Birds

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 2 abstract Over the past several years, songbirds and the reasons for declines in their populationshave been a focal point of interest. Many species of neotropical songbirds birds haveexperienced population declines due to losses and fragmentation of breeding, wintering, andmigratory habitats. These long-distance migrants tend to be more vulnerable […]

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 4 abstract One of the most enduring puzzles in the systematics of New World birds concerns the relationships and taxonomic status of forms in the Red-eyed, Yellow-green and Chivi Vireo complex. In recent decades, the latter two taxa have been treated either as distinct species (A.O.U. 195 7, Hamilton […]

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 1 abstract We compared nest placement and characteristics of nesting habitat used by Red-eyed Vireos(Vireo olivaceous) in deciduous forests of central Pennsylvania during the breeding seasons of 1998 and 1999.Nest patches versus random patches (0.04-ha circular plots centered on nests or random points, respectively)and successful versus unsuccessful nest patches […]

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) Science Article 3 abstract I investigated recognition of individual neighbors’ songs in a migratory species with large repertoires, the Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceous). To test for abilities to recognize individual neighbors, I measured responses to playbacks of neighbors songs from appropriateand inappropriate boundaries in two different years. Because the responses to […]