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Brown-headed Cowbird
Sign in to saveAlso known as Molothrus ater, brown-headed buffalo bird
species of bird
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Vinony's link graph records 327 inbound references to Brown-headed Cowbird, and connects out to bird, binomial nomenclature and brood parasitism.
Vinony files it under Birds described in 1783, Birds of Canada and Birds of Mexico.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Molothrus ater
- Commons category
- Molothrus ater
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- Molothrus ater
- taxon common name
- chupim-mulato
- short name
- M. ater
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small, obligate brood parasitic icterid native to temperate and subtropical North America. It is a permanent resident in the southern parts of its range; northern birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico in winter, returning to their summer habitat around March or April.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown-headed Cowbird” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.