GAP Analysis Predicted Distribution Map

Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)

Species Code: VIHU

Legend:
= Core Habitat
= Marginal Habitat

Breeding Range Map
The green area shows the predicted habitats for breeding only. The habitats were identified using 1991 satellite imagery, Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA), other datasets and experts throughout the state, as part of the Washington Gap Analysis Project. Habitats used during non-breeding months and migratory rest-stops were not mapped.

Metadata (Data about data or how the map was made)

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Map with Breeding Bird Atlas records

Other maps & Information:

Breeding Bird Atlas
NatureMapping observations
during breeding season
NatureMapping observations
throughout the year

The Hutton's Vireo is uncommon at low elevations in forests of western Washington, generally below 1500 feet. It is not found in mature rain forests of the Olympic National Park.

Core zones were those below the Silver Fir zone in western Washington. Good habitats were water/wetlands (except estuarine mud flats), openings and clearings in forest, and all forest except mid-and all forest except mid-and late-seral conifer forests. Low-density development and pastures were adequate.

The Hutton's Vireo occurs in a variety of forested habitats and brushy clearings, but typically in low numbers. It is most often found in hardwood or mixed second-growth with a strong hardwood component. Though they occur elsewhere throughout the Olympic Peninsula and Willapa Hills, Hutton's Vireos are absent from the remnant rain forest of Olympic National Park. This species has surely benefited from logging practices that have created extensive second-growth forest stands with a large hardwood component.

Translated from the Washington Gap Analysis Bird Volume by Uchenna Bright
Text edited by Gussie Litwer
Webpage designed by Dave Lester