Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Screaming Cowbird - Molothrus rufoaxillaris

Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Family: Icteridae
Habitat: Bushland and paths

All records since January 2014
Sounds

© Diego Caiafa

© José L. Merlo

© Carlos Ferrari

© Cora Rimoldi
Voice after flying away

© Cora Rimoldi
Adult
Tordo pico corto/Screaming Cowbird31 1 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Negro no tornasolado. Iris castaño
Tordo pico corto/Screaming Cowbird31 1 14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Tordos renegrido y pico corto/Shiny and Screaming Cowbird15 6 09 © Jorge García Vicente
Next to a Shiny Cowbird
Juvenile
Tordo pico corto/Screaming Cowbird3 04 © Julio Schindler
Tordo pico corto/Screaming Cowbird7 6 08 © Jorge García Vicente
Breeding
TordosP/CowbirdsP© Milano-Muszkats
A juvenile of Screaming Cowbird on top and a Bay-winged Cowbird, below. The Screaming Cowbird parasitizes almost exclusively the Bay-winged Cowbird. The juveniles of these two species are quite alike till the Screaming Cowbird acquires black spots.
Tordo músicoR/Bay-winged CowbirdR© Carlos Gonzalez Ledo
The Bay-winged Cowbird, instead, practically changes into the adult plumage
Black birds
aves conflictivas copy
Spectacled Tyrant, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird, Screaming Cowbird, Shiny Cowbird, White-lined Tanager and Variable Oriole
More photographic records since January 2013