#vireo osburni

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Blue Mountain Vireo (Jerome Foster)

[Image ID: a small songbird with a pear-shaped body. it has a gray head, brown eye, and yellow body. it is perched in the center of the picture on a thin branch, surrounded by mosses and tropical plants. end ID]

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[1386/10977] Blue Mountain Vireo - Vireo osburni

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Family: Vireonidae (vireos)

Photo credit: Paul Jones via Macaulay Library

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Blue Mountain Vireo

[image ID: a songbird perched, almost looking curious towards the camera. the head is gray, with a dark brown eye. the breast and belly are drab yellow. the bill is heavy and dark blue and the feet are pink. end ID]

Song:

Scientific Name: Vireo osburni

IUCN Rating: Near Threatened

Habitat & Location: endemic to Jamaica and found in tropical moist lowland and montane forests, though it also will forage in plantations and degraded forests

Fun Fact: quite secretive and typically detected first by vocalization- which may be difficult, as this vireo's song sounds more like a frog or insect than a bird

[Image ID: a zoomed in map of Jamaica. all of the island is colored purple, which means the bird lives there year-round. end ID]

Image Sources: bird (Matthew Grube), map (birds of the world)

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Blue Mountain Vireo (Peter Hawrylyshyn)

[Image ID: a small songbird with a heavy body. it has a gray head, brown eye, and yellow body. its mouth is open, holding a small bug that's about to be lunch. end ID]

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Blue Mountain Vireo (Matthew Grube)

[Image ID: a small songbird with a heavy body. it has a gray head, brown eye, and yellow body. its got a thick, dark blue bill and is posed in a portrait-type position, facing the right. end ID]