#1442 · 🐦 birds

Bronzed Cowbird

🇳🇱 Roodoogkoevogel ·Molothrus aeneus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cheryl Rosenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Adrianh M. Orozco · CC BY 4.0
4. © David Molina · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Pablo Leautaud · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. FM-2844, Rio Grande City, TX, US:© Cheryl Rosenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. FM-2844, Rio Grande City, TX, US:© Cheryl Rosenfeld · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Los Arcos, Honduras:© Mario Urrutia · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Olympia Heights, FL, USA:© Carlos Sanchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Huitzilac, Mor., México:© Rafael Rodríguez Brito · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bronzed cowbird (once known as the red-eyed cowbird ), ( Molothrus aeneus ), is a small icterid.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,004iNaturalist observations
weight 68.9 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
20,004 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 69 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 (197 years ago).