Plumbeous Vireo
The Plumbeous Vireo, the Blue-headed Vireo and the Cassin's Vireo were formerly considered a single species known as the Solitary Vireo. The Plumbeous Vireo is a common and widespread summer bird in much of the West. In migration and winter, when it occurs with its sibling, the Cassin's Vireo, care should be taken to differentiate the two species, which can look very much alike even under good viewing conditions.

The Plumbeous Vireo has a gray crown, nape, face and back; white throat and underparts; white wing-bars and flight feather edges; large white "spectacles"; sides of breast olive-gray, flanks sometimes with yellowish tinge. Its song is a rather slow series of burry phrases (slower and rougher than that of Cassin's Vireo) and its call is a husky chatter.

A breeding bird of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains. Easternmost California east to the Black Hills of South Dakota and south to southern Arizona and southern New Mexico. A few overwinter in the Southwest. The Plumbeous Vireo prefers coniferous and mixed forests.
Plumbeous Vireo Range Map

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