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Cowbirds are
birds belonging to the
genus Molothrus in the
family Icteridae. They are of New
World origin, but some
species not
native to
North America...
- The brown-headed
cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small,
obligate brood parasitic icterid native to
temperate and
subtropical North America. It is a permanent...
- The
shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) is a p****erine bird in the New
World family Icteridae. It
breeds in most of
South America except for
dense forests...
- The
giant cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) is a
large p****erine bird in the New
World family Icteridae. It
breeds from
southern Mexico south to northern...
- hypothesis, eggs of the
shiny cowbird parasitizing the
house wren and the chalk-browed
mockingbird and the brown-headed
cowbird parasitizing the
house wren...
- The
bronzed cowbird (Molothrus aeneus), once
known as the red-e****
cowbird, is a
small icterid. They
breed from the U.S.
states of California, Arizona...
- The
screaming cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) is an
obligate brood parasite belonging to the
family Icteridae and is
found in
South America. It is also...
- medium-large-sized
species of
cowbird, much
smaller than the
giant cowbird but
substantially larger than the
shiny cowbird. Some
extant icterids live alongside...
- bronze-brown
cowbird (Molothrus armenti) is a
species of bird in the
family Icteridae. It was long
thought to be an
isolated po****tion of
bronzed cowbird. Because...
- nestlings, or by
simply killing them. Two
species of
cowbirds, the
shiny cowbird, and the
screaming cowbird,
frequently parasitize the
nests of the brown-and-yellow...
