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2.51 (1.66 - 3.41)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
This boldly patterned vireo is normally the first vireo to arrive in spring. Its purposeful movements and tendency to forage relatively low in the canopy often allow observers satisfactory views. It was once part of a species appropriately named the Solitary Vireo, which in 1997 was split into three vireo species Blue-headed (V. solitarius), Cassin's (V. cassinii), and Plumbeous (V. plumbeus) (AOU 1997). It breeds through the boreal forest from the eastern ramparts of the Rocky Mountains to Newfoundland, and south in the Appalachians to northern Georgia. It winters in the southeastern US, eastern Mexico, and northern Central America.
Blue-headed Vireos summer in mature semi-open coniferous and mixed woods in the boreal and in conifer plantations at Wilson and Ranger Lakes in the Eagle Hills. On migration these birds occur in a variety of wooded habitats.
This vireo is a fairly common summer resident in the boreal regions, and a rare possible breeder in the subarctic (Patterson Lake) and Cypress Hills. It is an uncommon transient in the south (Smith 1996).
Original text by J. Burke Korol. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Blue-headed Vireo in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Blue-headed Vireo in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=BHVI&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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