Yellow-throated Vireo

Table

Yellow-throated Vireo – Accepted
1. 07 May 1963		Wildrose Canyon INY	1986-251	11	DVNP 10904
2. 12–13 Jun 1969		Southeast Farallon I. SF	1986-426	14	ph.
3. 05 Dec 1969–19 Mar 1970		Riverside RIV	1980-089	6
4. 27 Oct 1974		Santa Catalina I. LA	1980-008	6
5. 05–09 May 1976		Morongo Valley SBE	1976-034	3	Fig. 366, site not in RIV, cf. Luther et al. (1979)
6. 23–26 May 1976		Deep Springs INY	1976-099	3
7. 30 Apr–14 May 1977		Morongo Valley SBE	1977-030	4,14
8. 13 Jun 1977		Morongo Valley SBE	1988-085	30
9. 10–18 Sep 1977		Olema MRN	1977-136	4	ph.
10. 28–30 May 1978		Oasis MNO	1978-127	5	Roberson (1980)
11. 28 May 1978		Ft. Piute SBE	1987-158	30
12. 03 Jun 1978		Pt. Reyes MRN	1978-096	5
13. 30 May 1979		Ft. Piute SBE	1986-144	11
14. 29 Apr 1980		vic. Banning RIV	1987-326	14
15. 16–17 May 1981		Long Beach LA	1981-041/1982-019	7
16. 22 May 1981		Deep Springs INY	1981-061	7
17. 23 Aug 1981	SY	Carmel Valley MTY	1985-025	10	PGMNH 2311A
18. 03 Oct 1981		vic. San Simeon SLO	1983-022	8
19. 22–24 Apr 1982		Los Osos SLO	1982-051	8
20. 19 May 1982		Irvine ORA	1982-071	8	ph.
21. 28 Apr 1983		Trinidad HUM	1986-421	12
22. 23 Sep 1984		Newport Beach ORA	1987-307	14
23. 14–19 Apr 1985		Los Osos SLO	1985-103	11
24. 18 May 1985		Oasis MNO	1985-072	10
25. 25–27 May 1985		Huntington Beach ORA	1985-055	10
26. 26–28 Sep 1985		Huntington Beach ORA	1986-068	11	ph.
27. 01 Oct 1985		Santa Barbara SBA	1985-171	11
28. 13–20 Nov 1985		Pt. Loma SD	1986-002	11	ph.
29. 23 Oct–01 Nov 1986		Huntington Beach ORA	1986-446	12	ph.
30. 30 Apr 1987		Goleta SBA	1987-130	12
31. 31 May 1987		Nicasio MRN	1988-121	13
32. 26 Aug 1987		Mono Lake MNO	1987-277	13
33. 18–19 Nov 1987		Goleta SBA	1987-381	13	ph.
34. 03 Jan 1988		Upper Newport Bay ORA	1989-028	16
35. 19 May 1988		Scotty’s Castle INY	1988-145	13
36. 24 Sep 1988		Oxnard VEN	1989-086	13
37. 17 May 1990		Gypsum Canyon ORA	1990-076	15
38. 03 Jun 1990		Gazos Creek SM	1990-109	15
39. 13–14 Oct 1990		Panamint Springs INY	1990-151	16
40. 22 Sep 1991		Mojave Narrows Regional Park SBE	1991-209	17	ph., Patten et al. (1995)
41. 09 May 1992		Anaheim ORA	1992-238	18
42. 09–10 May 1992		Redondo Beach LA	1993-091	18	ph.
43. 16 May 1992		Pt. Reyes MRN	1992-182	18
44. 17 May 1992		Pt. Loma SD	1992-190	18
45. 23 May 1992		Mono Creek SBA	1992-173	18	ph.
46. 28–30 May 1992		Huntington Beach ORA	1993-038	18
47. 09 Jun–09 Jul 1992		Descanso Gardens LA	1992-146	18
48. 25 Jun 1992		Centerville Beach HUM	1992-224	18	ph.
49. 26 Jun–01 Jul 1992		Mono Creek SBA	1992-211	18
50. 11–18 Oct 1992		Stinson Beach MRN	1992-275	18
51. 17–23 May 1993		Pt. Reyes MRN	1993-090	19
52. 23 May 1993		Huntington Beach ORA	1993-136	19
53. 01 Jun 1993		Goleta SBA	1993-086	19
54. 14 May 1994		Corn Spring RIV	1994-095	20	ph.
55. 31 May 1994		Lincoln Park SF	1998-021	22	audio
56. 07–30 Jul 1994		Weldon KER	1994-125	20	ph.
57. 27 May 1995		Laguna Beach ORA	1998-012	22
58. 09 Jun 1995		Vandenberg Air Force Base SBA	1995-079	21	ph.
59. 06–15 Oct 1995		Carpinteria SBA	1996-052	22
60. 26 May 1996		Pt. Reyes MRN	1996-087	22
61. 14–15 Sep 1996		MacKerricher State Park MEN	1996-167	22
62. 27 Sep–01 Oct 1996		Westhaven HUM	1997-053	23
63. 28 Sep–05 Oct 1996		Wilmington LA	1996-168	22	ph.
64. 05–06 Oct 1996		Huntington Beach ORA	1996-169	22
65. 18 May 1997		Redondo Beach LA	1997-123	23
66. 29–30 May 1997		Westminster ORA	1997-101	23
67. 10 Sep 1997		Prado Basin RIV	1998-017	23
68. 13 Jun 1998		Pt. Reyes MRN	1998-108	24
69. 29 Dec 1998–15 Feb 1999		Westminster ORA	1999-018	24
70. 26 May 1999		Jawbone Canyon KER	1999-106	25	ph.
71. 27 May 1999		Lone Pine INY	1999-119	25
72. 28 Jul–17 Sep 1999	SY	Big Sur R. mouth MTY	1999-145	25	ph.
73. 09 Oct 1999		Galileo Hill KER	2000-044	25
74. 15–23 Oct 1999		Carmel R. mouth MTY	1999-182	25
75. 13–15 May 2001		Coyote Creek, San Jose SCL	2001-080	27
76. 14–17 May 2001		Laguna Niguel ORA	2001-106	27
77. 15 May 2001		Pt. Reyes MRN	2001-100	27
78. 19 May 2001		Big Sur R. mouth MTY	2001-085	27
79. 19–20 May 2001		Jawbone Canyon KER	2001-084	27
80. 24 May 2001		Lee Vining MNO	2001-121	27
81. 28 May 2001		vic. Newbury Park VEN	2001-087	27
82. 03 Jun 2001		Butterbredt Spring KER	2001-116	27
83. 11–16 Jun 2001		Pine Valley SD	2001-097	27
84. 07–08 Oct 2001		Big Sycamore Canyon VEN	2001-203	27
85. 13 Apr 2002		Galileo Hill KER	2002-114	28
86. 08 Jun 2002		Big Sur River mouth MTY	2002-142	28
87. 23 Aug 2002		vic. Hopland MEN	2002-153	28
88. 02–06 Oct 2002		Wilmington LA	2002-168	28
89. 19 Oct 2002		Pt. Loma SD	2002-175	28	sketch in Cole & McCaskie (2004)
90. 26 May 2003		Wilmington LA	2003-068	29	ph.
91. 27 May 2003		San Clemente I. LA	2003-129	29
92. 30 May 2003		Huntington Beach ORA	2003-071	29
93. 31 May–02 Jun 2003		Newport Beach ORA	2003-070	29
94. 07–13 Jun 2003	SY	Lanphere Dunes HUM	2003-063	29	ph.
95. 11 Dec 2003–18 Jan 2004		San Diego SD	2003-181	29	ph.
Yellow-throated Vireo – Not accepted, identification not established
28 Apr 1992		San Rafael MRN	1992-181	20
02 Nov 2000		Rancho Cucamonga SBE	2000-143	26
Yellow-throated Vireo – Not submitted/reviewed
24 May 1966		Cambria SLO		14	Garrett & Dunn (1981), Marantz (1986)
03 Oct 1981		Pico Creek SLO			AB 32:219
30 May 1987		Inverness MRN	1988-114		record lost
26 May–03 Jun 1991		Inverness MRN			AB 45:494
09 May 1992		Five Brooks MRN			AB 46:477
03 Jun 1992		Morongo Valley SBE			AB 46:481
16 Sep 1995		Bolinas Lagoon MRN			FN 50:112
08 May 1998		San Francisco SF			FN 52:387
02 May 1999		vic. Pioneertown SBE			NAB 53:330
early Sep 1999		Olema Marsh MRN			NAB 54:102
27 May 2000		Torrance LA			NAB 54:218 (“ph.”)
31 Aug–09 Sep 2000		Carmel R. mouth MTY			Roberson (2002)
17 Sep 2000		Big Sur R. mouth MTY			Roberson (2002)
20–21 Jun 2001		Santee SD			Unitt (2004)
07 Jun 2002		Huntington Beach ORA			NAB 56:487
13 Oct 2002		Galileo Hill KER			NAB 57:118
10 Jun 2003		Trabuco Canyon ORA			NAB 57:404

Figures

Figure 364. Distribution of 95 Yellow-throated Vireos accepted through 2003. Nearly three-quarters are from the southern half of the state, and coastal records outnumber inland ones by about 2:1. Orange County alone claims nearly a fifth of all records (17 of 95).

Figure 365. Seasonal occurrence of the Yellow-throated Vireo in California. Like the White-eyed Vireo, which breeds across a similar range, this species is mainly a spring vagrant to California. Visually, the Yellow-throated is more conspicuous than is the White-eyed, and its breeding grounds extend farther to the north, factors that probably lead to more Yellow-throateds being found in fall. Three birds are known to have overwintered.

Figure 366. The Yellow-throated Vireo depicted in this sketch, made at Morongo Valley in San Bernardino County, 5–9 May 1976, was among the first to be found in California (1976-034; Rich Stallcup).

Yellow-throated Vireo

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Vireo flavifrons Vieillot, 1808

Accepted: 95 (98%)	Treated in Appendix H: yes
Not accepted: 2	CBRC review: all records
Not submitted/reviewed: 17	Color image: none

This distinctive vireo’s northern breeding limit extends from southeastern Saskatchewan east to southern Maine. The southern limit reaches from west-central Texas east to central Florida (where rare). The winter range includes the northern West Indies, Middle America from southern Veracruz and eastern Oaxaca southward, and northernmost South America. The species is a casual vagrant north to Newfoundland and central Saskatchewan, and west to the Pacific coast, including single records from coastal Washington, interior Oregon, and Nayarit. Accidental records exist for the Lesser Antilles and the British Isles.

California’s first Yellow-throated Vireo was collected on 7 May 1963 in Wildrose Canyon, Inyo County (McCaskie 1968b). As Figure 364 shows, about three out of every four records (69 of 95) come from southern California, with Orange County (17 records) being represented especially well. Eleven of the state’s first 16 records involve birds found inland, but by 2003 two-thirds of the state’s records were coastal.

Like several other songbirds that breed principally in the Southeast, the Yellow-throated Vireo is mainly a vernal vagrant to California (see Patten and Marantz 1996). About two-thirds (60 of 95) have been found in spring, mainly between 13 April and 25 June, with a sharp peak in late May (Figure 365). The 1992 incursion of southeastern vireos and warblers generated nine California records of the Yellow-throated Vireo between early May and early July (Terrill et al. 1992, Patten and Marantz 1996). Spring 2001 saw another spike in records, as nine more of these attractive birds were detected across southern and central California. See also Appendix H.

Three records involve birds known or presumed to have summered in the state: Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles County, 9 June–9 July 1992; near Weldon, Kern County, 7–30 July 1994; and at the mouth of the Big Sur River, Monterey County, 28 July–17 September 1999.

Most autumn vagrants have occurred between 23 August and 1 November, with a minor peak in late September/early October (Figure 365). Later fall vagrants were at Pt. Loma, San Diego County, 13–20 November 1985; Goleta, Santa Barbara County, 18–19 November 1987; and Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, 3 January 1988 (the last bird may have been attempting to overwinter, but it could not be relocated).

Three records are considered to involve overwintering: Riverside, Riverside County, 5 December 1969–19 March 1970; Westminster, Orange County, 29 December 1998–15 February 1999; and San Diego, San Diego County, 11 December 2003–18 January 2004.