Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Troupials and Allies :: Shiny Cowbird

Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Glossy Cowbird, Common Cowbird
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Grande Riviere, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago - May 23, 2007 © William Hull  Grande Riviere, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago - May 23, 2007 © William Hull  Trinidad and Tobago - Jan, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  La Suiza, Ucumari, near Pereira, Colombia - May 4, 2004 © R S Scanlon  La Suiza, Ucumari, near Pereira, Colombia - May 4, 2004 © R S Scanlon 
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Range

(1) E. Panama and Colombia.
(2) Sw. Colombia and w. Ecuador.
(3) Sw. Ecuador and w. Peru.
(4) E. Colombia and n. Venezuela.
(5) West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba e. to the Virgin Islands through the Lesser Antilles to Grenada, and Barbados, Tobago, and Trinidad), Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and n. Brazil. Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Se. United States (s. Louisiana to s. Florida and n. to South Carolina).
(6) E. Peru.
(7) C. South America in e. Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina)), c. Argentina and Chile.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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