Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Molothrus (2 species, 6 worldwide)


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

Female dull black, except for in United States and part of Mexico where it is brown. Brood parasite.

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       Nicaragua       Cuba