Blue-headed Vireo
Adult
Small, chunky songbird with thick bill. Blue-gray head contrasts with olive-green back and with bold white "spectacles." Breast and belly are clean white with yellow flanks.
© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryMississippi, December 25, 2009Adult
Small, chunky songbird with thick bill. Blue-gray head with bold white "spectacles." Some individuals are gray on the upper back, grading to olive-green on the lower back.
© Ian Burgess | Macaulay LibraryOntario, May 03, 2017Adult
Both sexes help build the nest, which is suspended in a horizontal fork, fairly low in the outer slender branches of trees or shrubs.
© DAVID BROWN | Macaulay LibraryNew York, May 01, 2005Not all videos have soundAdult
Like most vireos, head is large, neck is short, and bill is thick with a slight hook at the tip. Bold white "spectacles" on rich gray head; two whitish wingbars.
© David Hall | Macaulay LibraryFlorida, March 10, 2017Adult
Small songbird with large head and thick bill. Blue-gray head and bold white spectacles contrast with olive-green back. Two whitish wingbars.
© Keenan Yakola | Macaulay LibraryMaine, May 11, 2015Immature
Typically occurs in treetops of mature forests; uses both evergreen and deciduous trees. Forages slowly and deliberately among small branches and leaves. Immatures are browner than adults, with yellowish wingbars.
© Tim Lenz | Macaulay LibraryNew York, October 02, 2015Habitat
Breeding habitat is mature forest, where they tend to forage high among small branches and leaves. In eastern North America uses deciduous or hardwood forests; in northwestern range more often found among conifers.
© Simon Boivin | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 14, 2017