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Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitariusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Vireos (Vireonidae)
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Family Vireo (Sylviidae)_blue
Species Vireo solitarius
Length5.25 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo: Medium-sized vireo with olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and yellow flanks. Head has blue-gray hood, white spectacles, and white throat. The wings are dark with two white or pale yellow bars. Weak, fluttering flight with rapid wing beats. May hover briefly.

● Song: "cherry-o-wit...cheree...sissy-a-wt"

● Foraging & Feeding: Blue-headed Vireo: Feeds mostly on insects, but eats berries in winter. Gleans insects from treetops and branches or flies out to catch insects in mid-air.

● Breeding & nesting: Blue-headed Vireo: Three to five white eggs with black and brown markings at large end are laid in a cup nest made of twigs, grass, shredded bark, stems, spider webs, and cocoons. Nest is lined with grass and hair and built in a tree or bush 4 to 30 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Blue-headed Vireo: Black-capped Vireo has black head.

Flight Pattern

Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
Blue-headed Vireo Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Blue-headed Vireo: Breeds from Connecticut (and southward along crest of the Alleghenies) northward to New Brunswick and Manitoba; Spends winters from Florida southward. Preferred habitats include coniferous and mixed forests.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.6 Ounces