Screaming cowbird

Screaming cowbird
Screaming cowbird song
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Molothrus
Species:
M. rufoaxillaris
Binomial name
Molothrus rufoaxillaris
Cassin, 1866
Range of the screaming cowbird

The screaming cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) is an obligate brood parasite belonging to the family Icteridae and is found in South America. It is also known commonly as the short billed cowbird.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Molothrus rufoaxillaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22724342A132175624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22724342A132175624.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fraga, R. M. (2011). Family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds). In Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds (J. del Hoyo,. A. Elliot, and D. A. Christie, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. pp. 684-807