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Black-capped Vireo

  • Black-capped Vireo Male
    Male

    Small songbird with a forward perching posture. Males have a black head and white spectacles that surround their red eye. White below with yellow washed flanks.

    © Cameron Rutt | Macaulay LibraryTexas, May 22, 2013
  • Black-capped Vireo Female
    Female

    Small, somewhat stocky songbird with a hooked bill. Females have a gray head and white spectacles. Mostly white below with yellow washed flanks.

    © David Hollie | Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 19, 2015
  • Male

    Sings throughout its territory during the breeding season, often perching on an exposed branch or dead twig just below the canopy of trees and shrubs. Song described as "drink yur, drink yur or drink yur teee."

    © Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryMay 01, 1998Not all videos have sound
  • Black-capped Vireo Male
    Male

    Uniquely marked vireo with a black head and white spectacles surrounding a red eye. Yellow-olive above.

    © Cameron Rutt | Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 16, 2013
  • Black-capped Vireo Female
    Female

    Breeds in oak-juniper scrublands in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.

    © Michael Todd | Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 24, 2016