#1382 · 🐦 birds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
🇳🇱 Geelkoptroepiaal ·Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
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what is it?
The yellow-headed blackbird ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus .
base stats
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.
- 27,237 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 89 g.
- Scientifically named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1826 (200 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Nederlands
- Geelkoptroepiaal
- scientific name
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Icteridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 27,237
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- 89.3 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1826 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Icteridae
#0883 📷 10Carib Grackle
🇳🇱 Caribische Troepiaal
Quiscalus lugubris
LC 👀 7 in NL
#0980 📷 10Baltimore Oriole
🇳🇱 Baltimoretroepiaal
Icterus galbula
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1255 📷 9Red-winged Blackbird
🇳🇱 Epauletspreeuw
Agelaius phoeniceus
LC 🌍 317.5k seen
#1028 📷 9Great-tailed Grackle
🇳🇱 Langstaarttroepiaal
Quiscalus mexicanus
LC 🌍 171.1k seen
#1271 📷 10Common Grackle
🇳🇱 Glanstroepiaal
Quiscalus quiscula
NT 🌍 121k seen
#1035 📷 9Brown-headed Cowbird
🇳🇱 Bruinkopkoevogel
Molothrus ater
LC 🌍 109.5k seen
#1306 📷 7Brewer's Blackbird
🇳🇱 Brewers Troepiaal
Euphagus cyanocephalus
NT 🌍 53.5k seen
#1329 📷 10Boat-tailed Grackle
🇳🇱 Bootstaarttroepiaal
Quiscalus major
LC 🌍 41.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 10470, Wikidata Q527750, GBIF 2484195, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.