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Blue-headed Vireo Life History

Order: Passeriformes > Family: Vireonidae > Genus and species: Vireo solitarius

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  • © Joan Howlett
  • © Gerhard Hofmann
  • © Gerhard Hofmann
  • © Gerhard Hofmann
  • © Thomas W. Gorman
  • © Sanford L. Cooper

Size

  • Length: 6 inches
  • Wingspan: 10 inches
  • Weight: 16 grams

Habitat

Summer:

  • closed canopy forest
  • open canopy forest

Winter (additional):

  • scrub
  • brush
  • thicket

Diet

  • insects

Range

Summer:

  • Northeastern North America

Winter:

  • North America, Central America

Abundance by Country

Nest Information

© Joan Howlett
  • Number of broods: occasionally 2
  • Days spent incubating: 14?
  • Days until young fledge: ?