#1440 · 🐦 birds
Blue-headed Vireo
🇳🇱 Brilvireo ·Vireo solitarius
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
what is it?
The blue-headed vireo ( Vireo solitarius ) is a Neotropical migrating song bird found in North and Central America. There are currently two recognized sub-species that belong to the blue-headed vireo. It has a range that extends across Canada and the eastern coast of the United-States, Mexico and some of Central America. It prefers large temperate forests with a mix of evergreen trees and deciduous under growth.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 20,026 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Alexander Wilson in 1810 (216 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Nederlands
- Brilvireo
- scientific name
- Vireo solitarius
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Vireonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 20,026
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1810 by Alexander Wilson
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Vireonidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 17402, Wikidata Q1586476, GBIF 2487456, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.