Bird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
A summer resident that nests in North Carolina. Found in all 100 counties, across 3 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 100 counties
- Habitats
- 3

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 100 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 North Carolina 3
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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.
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 North Carolina. Those recorded in North Carolina 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 North Carolina
- Summer: nests here, in all 100 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 6
- Fogg's GoosefootChenopodium foggii
- American PokeweedPhytolacca americana
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca rigida
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Fox GrapeVitis labrusca
- Summer GrapeVitis aestivalis
Plant genera in its diet records (4)
- Chenopodium 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
- Phytolacca 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
- Sassafras 1 diet record. 1 native plant in North Carolina
- Vitis 1 diet record. 2 native plants in North Carolina
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in North Carolina, 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 120
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- DovekieAlle alle
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Plants 23
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodSesbania vesicaria
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica
- Mid-Atlantic Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia floribunda
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
Tree plantations and managed pine
Birds 31
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Plants 2
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Red PinePinus resinosa
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 89
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Plants 1314
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Common HorseweedErigeron canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Oakleaf FleabaneErigeron quercifolius
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Ivyleaf Morning-gloryIpomoea hederacea
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Northern Evening-primroseOenothera parviflora
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in North Carolina
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

























































