Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Silhouette: Caleb Gordon · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyVireonidae (Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis)
GenusVireo (Vireos)
SpeciesVireo flavifrons (Yellow-throated Vireo)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Riding Mountain National Park

5 Verified sightings at Riding Mountain National Park From 2019 to 2026

13,748 Verified sightings across all 61 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Yellow-throated Vireo

The yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) is a small American songbird. The generic name Vireo is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, or possibly the European greenfinch. The specific name flavifrons is from the Latin words flavus, "yellow", and frons, "forehead".

Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout bill.

Measurements: Length: 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) Weight: 0.5–0.7 oz (15–21 g) Wingspan: 9.1 in (23 cm) Their breeding habitat is open deciduous woods in southern Canada and the eastern United States. These birds migrate to the deep southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. They are very rare vagrants to western Europe; a September 1990 sighting from Kenidjack Valley in Cornwall, Great Britain, and September 1998 from Heligoland, a small German archipelago in the German Bight have been reported.

They forage for insects high in trees... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Riding Mountain National Park

Vireo olivaceus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Vireo solitarius

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Vireo philadelphicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Vireo gilvus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Turdus migratorius

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Agelaius phoeniceus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Zonotrichia albicollis

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Corvus corax

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Poecile atricapillus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Cyanocitta cristata

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Melospiza melodia

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~30%
2	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
3	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~30%
4	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
5	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~20%
6	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
7	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
8	El Triunfo	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
9	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~20%
10	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	~10%
11	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
12	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
13	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
14	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~10%
15	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
16	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
17	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
18	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
19	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
20	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
21	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
22	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
23	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
24	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
25	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
26	Cañón del Sumidero National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	~10%
27	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
28	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
29	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
30	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
31	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
32	Ciénaga de Zapata	🇨🇺 Cuba	~10%
33	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
34	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
36	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
38	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
39	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
40	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
41	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
42	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
43	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
44	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
46	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
47	La Tigra National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
48	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	<5%
49	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
50	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
51	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
52	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
53	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
54	Los Nevados National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
55	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
56	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
57	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
58	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
59	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
60	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
61	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data

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Yellow-throated Vireo

About the Yellow-throated Vireo

Recent sightings of Yellow-throated Vireo in Riding Mountain National Park

Closest Relatives at Riding Mountain National Park

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

American Crow

American Robin

Red-winged Blackbird

White-throated Sparrow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Song Sparrow

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found