Blue Mountain Vireo

Vireo osburni

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 20 g

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The Blue Mountain vireo is 12.5 to 15 cm (4.9 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 20 to 22 g (0.71 to 0.78 oz). This is a rather robust vireo. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly gray-brown head with a plain face and yellow-tinged off-white chin and throat. Their upperparts are gray-brown with an olive tinge from the middle of the back to the rump. Their primaries and secondaries are gray-brown with grayish green edges on the outer webs. Their rectrices are gray-brown with greenish edges on the outer webs. Voice: The Blue Mountain vireo's song is a "rilling or bubbling whistle, descending slightly in tone" and its call a "harsh burr, descending at end".

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When to see the Blue Mountain Vireo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue Mountain Vireo

Regular range

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About the Blue Mountain Vireo

The Blue Mountain vireo is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Jamaica.

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