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Blue-headed Vireo -
(Vireo solitarius) 

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Identification

  • Small songbird
  • Grey green above with blue-grey head
  • Prominent white "spectacles"
  • White below with pale yellow sides
  • White wingbars
  • 5" (13 cm.)

Habitat

  • Uses extensive coniferous or mixed forests for nesting
  • During migration uses a variety of
         woodlands and shrubby habitats

Additional Information

  • Uncommon migrant, uncommon summer
         resident in northern Wisconsin
  • Usually found alone, sometimes migrates
         with other vireos, warblers
  • Tends to forage for insects at mid-tree height
  • Formerly called "Solitary Vireo"



Blue-headed Vireo 

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hooçak Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hooçak and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Highway 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960 | FAX: 608-625-2962
kickapoo.reserve@krm.state.wi.us

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