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Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitariusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Vireos (Vireonidae)
Codes: Common Name: BHVI Scientific Name: VIRSOL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179010
Blue-headed Vireo Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head
  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Blue-gray
  • Forehead Color: Blue-gray
  • Nape Color: Blue-gray
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
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Blue-headed Vireo Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body
  • Length Range: 13 cm (5.25 in)
  • Weight: 17 g (0.6 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Gray, Olive
  • Underparts: White with yellow flanks.
  • Upperparts: Olive-green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Blue-headed Vireo Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Weak flight on rapidly beating wings.
  • Wingspan Range: 22 cm (8.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: White edging
  • Upper Tail: Black
  • Under Tail: Black with white coverts.
  • Leg Color: Gray
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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
Perching-like HeadX
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The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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