Black-capped Vireo Photo Gallery

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.

Female

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

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."

Male

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

Female

Male

Male

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