Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitarius

Also known as: Solitary Vireo

13-15 cm (5-6") Fairly common throughout North America in coniferous and mixed forests.

Bold white spectacles; bold light wing bars. Plumage varies across range. Eastern birds have a gray or bluish-gray head contrasting with a greenish-olive back and pure white throat; yellowish sides. Western birds are more gray above and white below.

Moves slowly and deliberately mostly in tree tops.

Was called Solitary Vireo.

Song: slurred whistled robin-like phrases.

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