Thick-billed Vireo

Overview

Thick-billed Vireo: Medium vireo, olive-green upperparts, brown or gray-brown iris, broken dull white spectacles, pale yellow underparts shading to white undertail. Wings brown with two white bars. Large, gray bill. Most often heard, not seen. Frequents dense undergrowth and thickets.

Range and Habitat

Thick-billed Vireo: Accidental or casual in southeastern Florida and the Florida Keys; common in the Caribbean. Preferred habitats include thickets and dense undergrowth.

INTERESTING FACTS

The Thick-billed Vireo was first described by Henry Bryant, an American physician and naturalist in 1859.
Its song is a variable and rapid six to seven note phrase, starting and ending with a sharp "chick".
The diet of this species consists almost exclusively of insects.
A group of vireos are collectively known as a "call" of vireos.

The Thick-billed Vireo has a small range, estimated globally at 14,000 square kilometers. Native to the United States and nearby island territories and nations, this bird prefers subtropical or tropical shrubland or forest ecosystems. The global population of this bird has not been quantified fully but does not show signs of decline or fragmentation that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. For this reason, the current evaluation status of the Thick-billed Vireo is Least Concern.