red-eyed vireo
noun
: a North American vireo (Vireo olivaceus) having an olive-green back, white underparts, and red irises
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The red-eyed vireo, an olive-green songbird with red irises, eats insects in the spring and summer.
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Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Question 1 of 10 The red-eyed vireo is quite the songbird.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
In fact, the male red-eyed vireo sings and sings and sings all day long, sometimes more than 20,000 snippets a day.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Question 1 of 10 The red-eyed vireo is quite the songbird.
—Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
In fact, the male red-eyed vireo sings and sings and sings all day long, sometimes more than 20,000 snippets a day.
—Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
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