Bird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 3 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 3

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 82 counties
- Habitats
- 3
- Habitat models
- Summer
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Mississippi 3
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Tree plantations and managed pine
Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.
Other habitats in its models (16)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (6)
- Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
- Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
- East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Summer.
Midwest (6)
- North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
- North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
- Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Summer.
- Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
West (1)
- Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
Land cover and other classes (3)
- Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
- Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Summer.
- Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Seasons in Mississippi
- Summer: nests here, in all 82 counties.
Food plants
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.
Native plants in these genera 16
- Missouri Lambs QuartersChenopodium album var. missouriense
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Pitseeded GoosefootChenopodium berlandieri
- American PokeweedPhytolacca americana
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Mustang GrapeVitis mustangensis
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Fox GrapeVitis labrusca
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Riverbank GrapeVitis riparia
- Summer GrapeVitis aestivalis
- Summer GrapeVitis aestivalis var. aestivalis
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Vitis cinerea var. floridanaVitis simpsonii
Plant genera in its diet records (4)
- Chenopodium 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
- Phytolacca 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
- Sassafras 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
- Vitis 1 diet record. 10 native plants in Mississippi
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 152
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Plants 26
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Intermediate Spike RushEleocharis intermedia
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Cyperus ochraceusCyperus ochraceus
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
Tree plantations and managed pine
Birds 56
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
Plants 1
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 119
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Plants 1094
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Carolina HorsenettleSolanum carolinense var. carolinense
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Yellow-throated Vireo Elevation up to 1,100 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)
- Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab) (CC0 1.0), diet records by plant genus
























































