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Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
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.
Sounds
- Recording by Justin Watts (XC361454). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 906,000 |
|---|---|
| California | 97,177 |
| Ontario | 58,611 |
| Texas | 51,588 |
| Alaska | 34,342 |
| Michigan | 30,883 |
| Nunavut | 24,601 |
| Wisconsin | 24,417 |
| Ohio | 7,719 |
| Iowa | 6,571 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Seed eaterDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on seeds.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- 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
- 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 | Yellow-headed Blackbirds · Xanthocephalus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 Yellow-headed Blackbird with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.