Brewer’s Blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
The male is entirely black with an iridescent blue sheen on the body and iridescent purplish sheen of the head and neck. It may look all black depending on the angle of the light.
Size
Total length: 8″ to 10″
Voice
The song is a short, high, nasal, two-note k-shee or t-zherr
The call is a metallic chick or check.
Similar Species
Habitat
Moist, grassy meadows, roadsides near wetlands
Ecology
Migration
Mid-march to late November
Nesting
Food
Distribution
Occurrence
Common migrant and local breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Icteridae (New World blackbirds and orioles)
Subfamily
Agelaiinae
Genus
Euphagus (rusty and Brewer’s blackbirds)
Subordinate Taxa
Synonyms
Psarocolius cyanocephalus
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