Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small obligate brood parasitic icterid of temperate to subtropical North America. They are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range; northern birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico in winter, returning to their summer habitat around March or April.
- Family
- Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Weight
- 40 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Plants and seeds
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 3
Recorded in United States, Canada, Mexico.
Where to see it: Home (United States); Toronto · Colonel Samuel Smith Park (Canada); Point Pelee National Park (general location) (Canada); Tommy Thompson Park (Canada); Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago (United States).
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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