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Blue Mountain Vireo

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Photo by Jan Van den Broeck Wood Side, Jamaica, February 2007
Photo by Jan Van den Broeck
Wood Side, Jamaica, February 2007
Vireo osburni

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[edit] Identification

Nondescript in that it lacks both eye-ring and wing bars. Olive upper, yellowish lower, and grey head. Bill is robust and black, and the overall build is heavier than Jamaican Vireo

[edit] Distribution

Humid montane forests of north-western Jamaica.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

[edit] Habitat

Forests, montanes and plantations from 500-2,200 m.

[edit] Behaviour

Likes to feed within dense leaf cover

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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