Vireo huttoni
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Hutton's vireo (Vireo huttoni) is a small songbird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found from southwestern Canada to Guatemala. Hutton's vireo was originally described in 1851 as Vireo huttoni, its current binomial. The bird's specific epithet and later its English name commemorate William Rich Hutton, "a zealous and talented young naturalist".
The taxonomy of Hutton's vireo is unsettled. The IOC and AviList assign it these 12 subspecies: Some authors have suggested that the two groups should be recognized as separate species. Clements recognizes the differences within the species by calling them the "Pacific... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | San Diego | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hutton's Vireo sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 497 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 275 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hutton's Vireo in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–February and June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hutton's Vireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 11 parks where we can rate Hutton's Vireo sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca (Mexico, about 20%) and Big Bend National Park (United States, about 20%).
Same genus: Vireo
The closest relatives of the Hutton's Vireo that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (genus Vireo, Vireos) are Yellow-green Vireo (about 10%), Blue-headed Vireo (about 10%) and White-eyed Vireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hutton's Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (497 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
