Birds of Mexico

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)   →
Genus: Molothrus (3 species, 6 worldwide)


Bronzed Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus aeneus)
Rancho Margot, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Bronzed Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus loyei) Female
Arizona, United States
  A brown subspecies 'loyei' female. 		   
Photograph by Alan Schmierer   Image has been placed in the Public Domain.
Female dull black, except for in United States and part of Mexico where it is brown. Brood parasite.

Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Giant Cowbird
Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus oryzivorus)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Giant Cowbirds are large blackbirds that lay eggs in oropendola nests and grow up with oropendola parents. A widespread but often difficult to find species. Note distinctive shape.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba