#1035 · 🐦 birds

Brown-headed Cowbird

🇳🇱 Bruinkopkoevogel ·Molothrus ater

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The brown-headed cowbird ( Molothrus ater ) is a small obligate brood parasitic icterid of temperate to subtropical North America. They are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range; northern birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico in winter, returning to their summer habitat around March or April.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 109,480iNaturalist observations
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.
109,480 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1783 (243 years ago).