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Version 1.0

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Species names in all available languages
Language	Common name
Catalan	vireó becgròs
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

Kathryn S. Peiman
Version: 1.0 — Published September 4, 2013

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Thick-billed Vireo adult male - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult male

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Thick-billed Vireo adult female - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult female

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed Vireo adults in full head molt (left: image taken 9/6/2011; middle: image taken 9/9/2011; right: image taken 9/29/2011) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adults in full head molt (left: image taken 9/6/2011; middle: image taken 9/9/2011; right: image taken 9/29/2011)

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Thick-billed Vireo adult wing molt. Left: before molt (note worn wing coverts)(Image taken 9/4/2011). Right: after molt (all feathers fresh)(Image taken 1/30/2013). - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult wing molt. Left: before molt (note worn wing coverts)(Image taken 9/4/2011). Right: after molt (all feathers fresh)(Image taken 1/30/2013).

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Thick-billed Vireo adult plumage - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult plumage

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed Vireo adult wing in active molt. (Left: image taken 9/3/2011; Right: image taken 9/29/2012) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult wing in active molt. (Left: image taken 9/3/2011; Right: image taken 9/29/2012)

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Thick-billed Vireo adult gray (image taken 10/18/2012), beige (image taken 11/6/2012), and yellow (image taken 9/6/2012) head - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo adult gray (image taken 10/18/2012), beige (image taken 11/6/2012), and yellow (image taken 9/6/2012) head

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Thick-billed vireo adults with white head feathers (left: image taken 9/18/2010) and with a white primary covert (right: image taken 1/17/2013) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed vireo adults with white head feathers (left: image taken 9/18/2010) and with a white primary covert (right: image taken 1/17/2013)

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Thick-billed Vireo color-banded male attacking conspecific taxidermy mount - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo color-banded male attacking conspecific taxidermy mount

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed Vireo juvenile head plumage (left; image taken 9/4/2011, right; image taken 9/6/2011) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo juvenile head plumage (left; image taken 9/4/2011, right; image taken 9/6/2011)

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Thick-billed Vireo juvenile wing (Lef: image taken 9/4/2011; Right: image taken 9/6/2011) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo juvenile wing (Lef: image taken 9/4/2011; Right: image taken 9/6/2011)

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Thick-billed Vireo nestlings in nest - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo nestlings in nest

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Thick-billed Vireo fledgling - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo fledgling

© Erika Gates

Thick-billed Vireo feeding fledgling - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo feeding fledgling

© Erika Gates

Thick-billed Vireo. From left to right: small (image taken: 1/112013), moderate (image taken: 1/202013), and large (image taken: 10/21/2011) amount of yellow on face - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo. From left to right: small (image taken: 1/112013), moderate (image taken: 1/202013), and large (image taken: 10/21/2011) amount of yellow on face

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Thick-billed Vireo juvenal plumage - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo juvenal plumage

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Thick-billed Vireo hatch-year plumage (although technically SY) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo hatch-year plumage (although technically SY)

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed vireo mites on head (left: image taken 2/10/2013) and wing (right: image taken 1/30/2013) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed vireo mites on head (left: image taken 2/10/2013) and wing (right: image taken 1/30/2013)

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed vireo white (image taken 1/23/2013), yellowish (image taken 1/19/2013), and yellow breast (image taken 9/9/2011) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed vireo white (image taken 1/23/2013), yellowish (image taken 1/19/2013), and yellow breast (image taken 9/9/2011)

© Kathryn Peiman

Pine forest - Thick-billed Vireo - — Pine forest

© Kathryn Peiman

Second-growth coppice - Thick-billed Vireo - — Second-growth coppice

© Kathryn Peiman

Coastal scrub - Thick-billed Vireo - — Coastal scrub

© Kathryn Peiman

Old-growth coppice - Thick-billed Vireo - — Old-growth coppice

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed Vireo eating a Busera simaruba fruit - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo eating a Busera simaruba fruit

© Kathryn Peiman

Newly banded Thick-billed Vireo perched on finger - Thick-billed Vireo - — Newly banded Thick-billed Vireo perched on finger

© Kathryn Peiman

Thick-billed Vireo hatch-year molt limit. Top Left: s8-9, all median coverts, and inner/middle greater coverts fresh; rest of wing feathers were not replaced (image taken 1/12/2013); Top Right: all wing feathers except s1 and p1 fresh (image taken 10/29/2012); Bottom Left: primary coverts (image taken 9/29/2012); Bottom Right: more typical exmaple of MY molt limit: p6-10 and s7-9, all median and greater coverts, and alula fresh (image taken 1/5/2013) - Thick-billed Vireo - — Thick-billed Vireo hatch-year molt limit. Top Left: s8-9, all median coverts, and inner/middle greater coverts fresh; rest of wing feathers were not replaced (image taken 1/12/2013); Top Right: all wing feathers except s1 and p1 fresh (image taken 10/29/2012); Bottom Left: primary coverts (image taken 9/29/2012); Bottom Right: more typical exmaple of MY molt limit: p6-10 and s7-9, all median and greater coverts, and alula fresh (image taken 1/5/2013)

© Kathryn Peiman

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Recommended Citation

Peiman, K. S. (2013). Thick-billed Vireo (Vireo crassirostris), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.thbvir.01

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Species names in all available languages

Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris

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Photos from this Account

Thick-billed Vireo adult male

Thick-billed Vireo adult female

Thick-billed Vireo adults in full head molt (left: image taken 9/6/2011; middle: image taken 9/9/2011; right: image taken 9/29/2011)

Thick-billed Vireo adult wing molt. Left: before molt (note worn wing coverts)(Image taken 9/4/2011). Right: after molt (all feathers fresh)(Image taken 1/30/2013).

Thick-billed Vireo adult plumage

Thick-billed Vireo adult wing in active molt. (Left: image taken 9/3/2011; Right: image taken 9/29/2012)

Thick-billed Vireo adult gray (image taken 10/18/2012), beige (image taken 11/6/2012), and yellow (image taken 9/6/2012) head

Thick-billed vireo adults with white head feathers (left: image taken 9/18/2010) and with a white primary covert (right: image taken 1/17/2013)

Thick-billed Vireo color-banded male attacking conspecific taxidermy mount

Thick-billed Vireo juvenile head plumage (left; image taken 9/4/2011, right; image taken 9/6/2011)

Thick-billed Vireo juvenile wing (Lef: image taken 9/4/2011; Right: image taken 9/6/2011)

Thick-billed Vireo nestlings in nest

Thick-billed Vireo nestlings in nest

Thick-billed Vireo fledgling

Thick-billed Vireo fledgling

Thick-billed Vireo feeding fledgling

Thick-billed Vireo. From left to right: small (image taken: 1/112013), moderate (image taken: 1/202013), and large (image taken: 10/21/2011) amount of yellow on face

Thick-billed Vireo juvenal plumage

Thick-billed Vireo hatch-year plumage (although technically SY)

Thick-billed vireo mites on head (left: image taken 2/10/2013) and wing (right: image taken 1/30/2013)

Thick-billed vireo white (image taken 1/23/2013), yellowish (image taken 1/19/2013), and yellow breast (image taken 9/9/2011)

Pine forest

Second-growth coppice

Coastal scrub

Old-growth coppice

Thick-billed Vireo eating a Busera simaruba fruit

Newly banded Thick-billed Vireo perched on finger

Macaulay Library Photos for Thick-billed Vireo

Recommended Citation

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