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Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesUrbanCavity nestMedium · 62 g
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 1
Photo: Hannah Stitt · CC BY 4.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 2
Photo: Irina Mitine · CC BY 4.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 3
Photo: Aiva Noringseth · CC BY 4.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 4
Photo: Aiva Noringseth · CC BY 4.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 5
Photo: Nick · CC0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 6
Photo: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 7
Photo: Matthew Billman · CC0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 8
Photo: Matthew Billman · CC0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 9
Photo: Alan Vernon · CC BY 2.0
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), photo 10
Photo: unknown · Public domain

What the Brewer's Blackbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Brewer's Blackbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Call · Wildlife Loop Rd, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brewer's Blackbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jonathon Jongsma · Call · Wildlife Loop Rd, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Adult males have black plumage with an iridescent purple head and neck and glossy bluish-green highlights on the rest of the body. The feet and legs are black and the eye is bright yellow. The female is brownish-grey with slight hints of the male's iridescence. The female's eyes are dark brown, while the male's is bright yellow. Overall, they resemble the eastern member of the same genus, the rusty blackbird; Brewer's blackbird, however, has a shorter bill and the male's head is iridescent purple. This bird is often mistaken for the common grackle but has a shorter tail.

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When to see the Brewer's Blackbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brewer's Blackbird

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States Canada Mexico

About the Brewer's Blackbird

Brewer's blackbird is a medium-sized New World blackbird. It is named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusAdults have a pointed bill and a pale yellow eye.

Side by side: Brewer's Blackbird vs Rusty Blackbird

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