Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Breeds in south-central Canada (from interior British Columbia east to northern Saskatchewan, south-central Manitoba and south-western Ontario) southern in western and central USA to California, central New Mexico, northern Kansas, northern Illinois and Michigan and extreme north-western Mexico (north-eastern Baja California); migrates to southern USA and Mexico (south to northern Oaxaca and Veracruz).

Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (95)...)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) [XC408940]
by Sunny Tseng from Farmington Bay WMA, UT, United States (song)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) [XC355549]
by Richard E. Webster from Cut Bank, Glacier County, Montana, United States (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Analyses of mitochondrial DNA indicate that this species is distantly related to Sturnella. It resembles Agelaius in breeding ecology, but displays are quite different.

References
See References.

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