Thick-billed Vireo

Vireo crassirostris (Bryant, H, 1859)

Thick-billed Vireo, Vireo crassirostris, is a passerine bird of the Vireonidae family that breeds in the West Indies. It occurs on several islands there, and has also been recorded in Florida. It lives in deciduous woodland, scrub and mangroves. The species is a year-round resident, though it is an uncommon migrant to coastal north-central Cuba in October. It is placed in five subspecies, with the Bahamas form as the nominate race and others on the Turks and Caicos Islands, Île de la Tortue, northern Cuba and the Cayman Islands.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Vireonidae — Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers

Breeding range

North America: West Indies