Brown-headed Cowbird - All About Birds
WEBThe Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer.
Brown-headed Cowbird | Audubon Field Guide
WEB6-8" (15-20 cm). Male glossy black, with contrasting brown head. Female confusing, plain dusty brown with dark, sparrowlike bill. Juvenile streaked at first.
Brown-headed Cowbird Identification - All About Birds
WEBMar 14, 2011 · Female Brown-headed Cowbirds are plain brown birds, lightest on the head and underparts, with fine streaking on the belly and a dark eye. Brown-headed Cowbirds feed on the ground in mixed-species groups of blackbirds and starlings. Males gather on lawns to strut and display for mates.
Brown-headed cowbird - Wikipedia
WEBThe brown-headed cowbird is typical for an icterid in general shape, but is distinguished by its finch-like head and beak and smaller size. The adult male is iridescent black in color with a brown head.
Brown-headed Cowbird - ID, Facts, Diet, Habit & More - Birdzilla
WEBMar 1, 2023 · The male Brown-headed Cowbird is a smallish songbird with a black body and a dark brown head. In certain lighting, its plumage shows glossy, dark blue highlights. It also has a short, finch-like bill, a fairly short tail, and black legs and feet.
Brown-headed Cowbird Photo Gallery - All About Birds
WEBMay 9, 2010 · Stocky blackbird with a short tail and a thick, conical bill. Female Brown-headed Cowbirds are plain brown, lightest on the head and underparts, with fine streaking on the belly and a dark eye. © Jonathan Irons / Macaulay Library Maryland, February 20, …
Brown-headed Cowbird
WEBThe Brown-headed Cowbird is well known--and widely disliked--for its practice of laying eggs in the nests of other species. Males are black birds with dull brown heads. Adult males are shiny black, while first-year males are duller black.
Brown-headed Cowbird - All About Birds
WEBCowbird eggs hatch faster than other species’ eggs, giving cowbird nestlings a head start in getting food from the parents. How they sound: Male Brown-headed Cowbirds sing a liquid-sounding series of low gurgling notes followed by thin sliding whistles. Listen to the Brown-headed Cowbird.
Brown-headed Cowbird - eBird
WEBShort tail and stocky body. Males are glossy black with chocolate brown head. Females are gray-brown overall, without bold streaks, but slightly paler throat. Juveniles streaked brown. Found in open woods, farmland, and stockyards. Forages by walking on the ground. Often in flocks with other blackbirds in winter.
Brown-Headed Cowbird - National Geographic
WEBLength 7.5". Identification. A smallish, compact and stocky blackbird with a short and thick-based bill, almost finchlike. Foraging birds are commonly seen on the ground with the tail cocked. Adult...