Bell's vireo

noun

Vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.

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Meanings

nounBell's vireo (plural Bell's vireos)

plural Bell's vireos

  1. Vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.

Origin

Named by Audubon after John Graham Bell, who accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River in the 1840s.

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