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Thick-billed Vireo
Vireo crassirostris
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Thick-billed Vireo
The thick-billed vireo (Vireo crassirostris) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is found on many islands of the West Indies and as an occasional vagrant to south Florida in the United States.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Vireo crassirostris
- Family
- Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Cozumel Vireo Vireo bairdi
- Cuban Vireo Vireo gundlachii
- Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
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