Brewer’s Blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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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 |
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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. |
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Size |
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8″ to 10″ in length |
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Habitat |
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Moist, grassy meadows, roadsides near wetlands |
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Biology |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Common migrant and local breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
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Icteridae (New World blackbirds and orioles) | ||
Genus |
Euphagus (rusty and Brewer’s blackbirds) | ||
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| Brewer's Blackbird Allen Chartier |
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| Brewer's Blackbird JMC Nature Photos |
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Other Videos |
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| Brewer's Blackbird (Icteridae: Euphagus cyanocephalus) Female Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2009 Photographed near Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (24 June 2009). |
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| Brewer's Blackbird (Icteridae: Euphagus cyanocephalus) Male Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2009 Photographed near Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (24 June 2009). |
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| Euphagus cyanocephalus wetvideocamera |
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Published on Dec 8, 2012 Brewer's Blackbird seen near Camp Kawkawa on Kawkawa Lake, Hope, BC ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) June 2005 |
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| Brewer's Blackbird Mates - Best in HD Mode RainshadowCoast |
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Published on Jun 13, 2012 These two Brewer's Blackbird mates are always together, usually within 50 feet. The male is the dark one. The female gets fussed up every so often as she does in this video. She doesn't like robins being so close to her when she is bathing, either. Even chases him off my camera tripod. The male's antics are amusing, too. They both always have a lot to say, it seems. |
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