Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Blue-headed Vireo · Central Park · 26 October 2025
A Blue-headed Vireo in Central Park in late October, one of the last vireos to leave in autumn. It breeds in the mixed forests of the Northeast and Canada and winters in the southern states, hardy enough to tolerate colder weather than most of its relatives.
Bold white "spectacles" ringing the eye and a blue-grey hood sharply set off from an olive back. Vireos are slow, deliberate birds next to warblers, and this one was working the same branch for a full minute.
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