Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)

Other Names (World)
Screaming Cowbird, Short-billed Cowbird

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1866

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, subarctic forest. From sea-level - 700 m, occasionally to 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

South-eastern Bolivia and central Brazil (southern from Mato Grosso, southern Tocantins, Goi�s, and western Minas Gerais), southern throughout Paraguay and Uruguay to north-eastern and central Argentina (south to R��o Negro and north-eastern Chubut).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (123)...)

Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) [XC49301]
by Rosendo Fraga from Monte Yucat, San Mart\u00edn, Cordoba, -32.36, -63.64, Argentina (song)

Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) [XC507909]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Chapad\u00e3o do C\u00e9u, Chapad\u00e3o do C\u00e9u, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Analyses of mitochondrial DNA indicate closest relationship with Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) and Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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