Blue-headed Vireo
(Vireo solitarius)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
The head is bluish-gray, the upper parts olive green, the flanks yellow, and the throat and underparts white. The wings and tail feathers have dark gray, yellow, and white pinstripes. The wings have two bold white or yellowish wing bars. The eyes are dark and are outlined with bold white rings. A bold white s tripe extends from each eye to the bill. The eye rings and stripes together form characteristic white “spectacles” that aid in identifying this species.
Size
Total length: 5″ to 5⅞″
Wingspan: 7⅞″ to 9½″
Voice
The song is slow and robin-like, with several phrases separated by one or two seconds, chu-wee, taweeto, toowip, cheerio, teeyay.
Similar Species
Habitat
Remote, cool, coniferous and mixed forests, pine plantations
Ecology
Migration
May and late August to October
Nesting
Food
Mostly insects but also fruit
Distribution
Occurrence
Uncommon to occasional migrant; uncommon breeder
Over the last 40 years, the population of Blue-headed Vireo has been increasing at a rate of 58.1% per decade.
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Vireonidae (vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis)
Genus
Vireo (vireos)
Subordinate Taxa
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius alticola) 
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius solitarius) 
Synonyms
Muscicapa solitaria
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