Bell's vireo
Meanings
noun
- Vireo bellii, a songbird, dull olive-gray above and whitish below, with a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars, that migrates between a breeding range in Western North America and a winter range in Central America.
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Etymology
Named by Audubon after John Graham Bell, who accompanied him on his trip up the Missouri River in the 1840s.
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