Bronzed Cowbird

Rotaugenkuhstärling ( Molothrus aeneus )

The Rotaugenkuhstärling ( Molothrus aeneus ) is a North American songbird of the family of blackbirds.

Features

The Rotaugenkuhstärling is 22 cm long and weighs about 68 g The plumage of the adult male is black with a green - bronze shimmer. The top of the wings and tail are green iridescent. The iris is red, but this is only visible from nearby. The collar on the back and neck gives him a hunchbacked appearance.

The female is duller black, the primaries have light rims. The iris is reddish brown.

The young birds are dark brown with bright spring seams and have a brown iris.

The reputation of the Rotaugenkuhstärlings is a rough, throaty " tschack ", the vocals sound - panting, growling.

Habitat and Distribution

The Rotaugenkuhstärling is often regionally in open landscapes and bushy and wooded glens.

He comes into the southern parts of the U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana before, as in all of Central America to Panama.

Reproduction

Like all Cowbird is also the Rotaugenkuhstärling a brood parasite. It lays its eggs in other birds' nests and let them hatch from other bird species. The host birds are often representative of the bunting family, such as Barnacle Bunting ( Melozone biarcuata ).