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Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 812,654 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 354,479 |
| New York | 117,535 |
| Michigan | 80,816 |
| New Jersey | 42,592 |
| Virginia | 39,994 |
| Pennsylvania | 37,862 |
| Illinois | 36,783 |
| Wisconsin | 30,182 |
| Massachusetts | 29,290 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsBIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Shrub nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in shrubs.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Ground nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting on the ground.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | New World Blackbirds and Orioles · Icteridae |
| Genus | Rusty and Brewer's Blackbirds · Euphagus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Rusty Blackbird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.