Monotypic. Length 5.5". The bright yellow spectacles, throat, and breast of this vireo are distinctive. Its wings are dark gray, with 2 bold, white wing bars. The crown and back are olive ...

The yellow-green vireo can be similar ... Vagrant: rare but annual across Southwest; small numbers annually along California coast. More than 75 records for Europe, primarily late September ...

A shy, secretive, and silver-tongued songbird, the tenacious least Bell's vireo has been to the brink of extinction and back in recent decades. Although it is federally protected and there has been an ...