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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...
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force the
hosts to
build new ones. The
cowbirds then laid
their eggs in the new
nests 85% of the time.
Young cowbirds are not
exposed to species-typical visual...
- case of the
finches but also
introduced more
cowbirds into the now open area.
Parasitism by
shiny cowbirds is
thought to be an
important factor in the...
- five
parasitic cowbirds (all
except the
screaming cowbird) are
generalists which parasitize a wide
variety of hosts; the brown-headed
cowbird has 221 known...
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screaming cowbird.
Screaming cowbirds can
distinguish between their eggs and
those of
other species and
laboratory trials have
shown that
screaming cowbirds will...
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oryza meaning "rice" and -vorus
meaning "eating". The
giant cowbird is now one of six
cowbirds placed in the
genus Molothrus that was
introduced in 1832...
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World blackbirds, New
World orioles, the bobolink, meadowlarks, grackles,
cowbirds, oropendolas, and caciques.
Despite the
similar names, the
first groups...
- and Paraguay. They were
formerly in
included in
genus Molothrus with
cowbirds. "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The
Trust for
Avian Systematics. Retrieved...
- fringes. Like all
cowbirds, this bird is an
obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the
nests of
other birds. The
young cowbird is fed by the host...
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cowbird. The
cowbirds' eggs
closely resemble song sparrows' eggs,
although the
cowbirds' eggs are
slightly larger. Song
sparrows recognize cowbirds as...
