Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Dikbekvireo |
English | Thick-billed Vireo |
English (United States) | Thick-billed Vireo |
French | Viréo à bec fort |
French (France) | Viréo à bec fort |
German | Dickschnabelvireo |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Panach gwo bèk |
Japanese | ハシブトモズモドキ |
Norwegian | arawakvireo |
Polish | wireonek grubodzioby |
Russian | Толстоклювый виреон |
Serbian | Debelokljuni zelenić |
Slovak | vireo hrubozobý |
Spanish | Vireo Piquigrueso |
Spanish (Cuba) | Vireo de Bahamas |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Vireo de Pico Ancho |
Spanish (Spain) | Vireo piquigrueso |
Swedish | tjocknäbbad vireo/providenciavireo |
Turkish | Kalın Gagalı Vireo |
Ukrainian | Віреон товстодзьобий |
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
Version: 1.0 — Published September 4, 2013
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Thick-billed Vireo is primarily insectivorous, but also eats some fruit. Has been seen to eat dragonflies, caterpillars, and Bursera simaruba fruit (personal observation). No detailed diet analyses have yet been published, although one is currently being conducted by the author. There is a correlation in the nitrogen stable isotopes of claws and feathers from individuals on North Andros Island (Bearhop et al. 2003), perhaps indicating that diet is consistent over time within individuals but varies among individuals. However, the paper lacked information about when the samples were collected (i.e. what exact 2-week period during the nonbreeding season), the habitats sampled, and ages of individuals, and so only allows for limited conclusions about this species' ecology.
Thick-billed Vireo forages throughout the available strata, gleaning insects from leaves and branches. Eats prey where captured or flies to another location to consume.
Regurgitates large seeds, such as Bursera simaruba.