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The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior - References



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Loons
Grebes
Albatrosses
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storm-Petrels
Tropicbirds
Boobies and Gannets
Pelicans
Cormorants
Darters (Anhinga)
Frigatebirds
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Ibises and Spoonbills
Storks
New World Vultures
Flamingos
Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Hawks and Allies
Falcons and Caracaras
Chachalacas and Allies
Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
New World Quail
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Thick-knees
Plovers and Lapwings
Oystercatchers
Stilts and Avocets
Jacanas
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, 
and Allies

Coursers and Pratincoles
Gulls, Terns, and Allies
Auks
Pigeons and Doves
Parrots and Allies
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, 
and Allies

Barn Owls
Typical Owls
Nighthawks and Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Trogons
Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and Allies
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes
Vireos
Crows and Jays
Larks
Swallows and Martins
Chickadees and Titmice
Penduline Tits (Verdin)
Long-tailed Tits (Bushtit)
Nuthatches
Creepers
Wrens
Dippers
Bulbuls
Kinglets
Old World Warblers and 
Gnatcatchers

Old World Flycatchers
Thrushes
Babblers (Wrentit)
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Starlings and Mynas
Accentors
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
Silky-flycatchers
Olive Warbler
Wood-Warblers
Bananaquit
Tanagers
New World Sparrows
Cardinals and Allies
Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies
Finches and Allies
Old World Sparrows

VIREOS

Family Vireonidae


Chapter author: Joseph A. Grzybowski

Barlow, J. C., R. D. James, and N. Williams. 1970. Habitat co-occupancy among some vireos of the subgenus Vireo (Aves: Vireonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 48:395-398.

Barlow, J. C., and S. V. Nash. 1985. Behavior and nesting biology of the St. Andrew Vireo. Wilson Bulletin 97:265-272.

Bates, J. M. 1992. Frugivory on Bursera microphylla (Burseraceae) by the wintering Gray Vireos (Vireo vicinior, Vireonidae) in the coastal deserts of Sonora, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 37:252-258.

Brown, B. T. 1993. Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii). In The Birds of North America, No. 35 (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Bond, J. 1971. Birds of the West Indies. 2nd Edn. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA.

Borror, D. J. 1981. The songs and singing behavior of the Red-eyed Vireo. Condor 83:217-228.

Cicero, C., and N. K. Johnson. 1992. Genetic differentiation between populations of Hutton’s Vireo (Aves: Vireonidae) in disjunct allopatry. Southwestern Naturalist 37:344-348.

Davis, J. N. 1995. Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni). In The Birds of North America, No. 189 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Ehrlich, P. R., D. S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birder's handbook. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York, NY.

Grzybowski, J. A. 1995. Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus). In The Birds of North America, No. 181 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Hamilton, T. H. 1962. Species relationships and adaptations for sympatry in the avian genus Vireo. Condor 64:40-68.

Hilty, S. L., and W. L. Brown. 1986. A guide to the birds of Columbia. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Hopp, S. L., A. Kirby, and C. A. Boone. 1995. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). In The Birds of North America, No. 168 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Howes-Jones, D. 1985. Relationships among song activity, context, and social behavior in the Warbling Vireo. Wilson Bulletin 97:4-20.

Howes-Jones, D. 1985. The complex song of the Warbling Vireo. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63:2756-2766.

James, R. D. 1981. Factors affecting variation in the primary song of North American solitary vireos (Aves: Vireonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:2001-2009.

James, R. D. 1984. Structure, frequency of usage, and apparent learning in the primary song of the yellow-throated vireo, with comparative notes on solitary vireos (Aves: Vireonidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 62:468-472.

Johnston, N. K. 1995. Speciation in vireos. I. Macrogeographic patterns of allozymic variation in the Vireo solitarius complex in the contiguous United States. Condor 97:903-919.

Johnson, N. K., R. M. Zink, and J. A. Marten. 1988. Genetic evidence for relationships in the avian family Vireonidae. Condor 90:428-445.

Moskoff, W., and S. K. Robinson. 1996. Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus). In The Birds of North America, No. 214 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Peterson, R. T., and E. L. Chalif. 1973. A field guide to the Mexican birds. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.

Rice, J. C. 1978. Behavioral interactions of interspecifically territorial vireos. I. Song discrimination and natural interactions. Animal Behaviour 26:527-549.

Rice, J. C. 1978. Behavioral interactions of interspecifically territorial vireos. II. Seasonal variation in response intensity. Animal Behaviour 26:550-561.

Rice, J. 1978. Ecological relationships of two interspecifically territorial vireos. Ecology 59:526-538.

Rodewald, P. G., and R. D. James. 1996. Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons). In The Birds of North America, No. 247 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Sauer, J. R., B. G. Peterjohn, S. Schwartz, and J. E. Hines. 1996. The North American Breeding Bird Survey results and analysis. Version 95.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland.

Smith, W. J., J. Pawlukiewicz, and S.T. Smith. 1978. Kinds of activities correlated with singing patterns of the Yellow-throated Vireo. Animal Behaviour 26:862-884.

Stiles, F. G., and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Comstock Publishing Assocation, Ithaca, NY.

Sutton, G. M. 1967. Oklahoma birds. [Their ecology and distribution, with comments on the avifauna of the southern Great Plains.] University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.

Van Tyne, J., and A. J. Berger. 1959. Fundamentals of Ornithology. Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY.