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GALLERIES > BIRDS > PASSERIFORMES > ICTERIDAE > BREWER'S BLACKBIRD [Euphagus cyanocephalus]    [plot on map]


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Location: Ventura (Marina Park), CA
GPS: 34.3N, -119.3W, elev=3' MAP
Date: January 3, 2009
ID : 7C2V2950 [3888 x 2592]

Brewer's Blackbird Image @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Ventura (Marina Park), CA
GPS: 34.3N, -119.3W, elev=3' MAP
Date: January 3, 2009
ID : 7C2V3015 [3888 x 2592]

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Brewer's Blackbird Image @ Kiwifoto.com
 
 
Location: Mountain Village, CA
GPS: 33.7N, -116.7W, elev=4,385' MAP
Date: December 24, 2007
ID : 9921 [3888 x 2592]

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SPECIES INFO

The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized blackbird.

Adults have a pointed bill. Adult males have black plumage; the female is dark grey. The male has a bright yellow eye; the female's is dark. They resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the Rusty Blackbird; however, this bird has a shorter bill and the male's head is iridescent purple. This bird is often mistaken for the Common Grackle but has a shorter tail. The call is a sharp check which is also distinguishable. This bird is unrelated to the European Blackbird. They can be pests[citation needed].

Their breeding habitat is open and semi-open areas, often near water, across central and western North America. The cup nest can be located in various locations: in a tree, in tall grass or on a cliff. They often nest in colonies.

These birds are often permanent residents in the west. Other birds migrate to the southeastern United States and Mexico.

They forage in shallow water or in fields, mainly eating seeds and insects, some berries. They sometimes catch insects in flight. They feed in flocks outside of the breeding season, sometimes with other blackbirds.

The range of this bird has been expanding east in the Great Lakes region.

This bird is named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.




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