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Photo by Gaga in San Ygnacio, Texas, USA.

Molothrus aeneus

[edit] Identification

18.5-20cm. Iridescent greeny bronze, black plumage, red iris. Female dull grey brown.

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern California, southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and southern Texas south to northern Colombia. Rare to casual vagrant along the rest of the gulf coast. Accidental vagrant to Utah, Colorado, Missouri, and Nova Scotia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Open fields, scrubland, and forest.

[edit] Behaviour

It is a brood parasite, laying its blue green eggs in the nests of other birds.

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