Species
Vireo flavifrons (Yellow-throated vireo)
Vireo flavifrons. Photo: (c) Mdf, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
The yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) is a small American songbird.”Vireo” is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific flavifrons is from the Latin words flavus, “yellow”, and frons, “forehead”.