Black Bird w/Crest on head seen in Tucson, AZ (1 Viewer)

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ChadHahn

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #1

I saw a bird last night that looked like a slightly skinnier, smaller cardinal except that it was black. It had the crest of feathers on it's head like a cardinal and sort of the same shape.

I've haven't had much luck in trying to figure out what it was. This is what I get for leaving the house with out my camera.

Any help would be appreciated.

Chad

 

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snowcap

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• Mar 30, 2010

• #2

Hi, this sounds like a Phainopepla

 

Peter C.

...just zis guy, you know?

• Mar 30, 2010

• #3

Agree - a black bird with a crest, in Arizona, is going to be a Phainopepla.

Or a very, very melanistic Cardinal. ;-)

 

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ChadHahn

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• Mar 30, 2010

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That's it thanks a bunch. I was thinking a goth cardinal, but it didn't have white lipstick.

Chad