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The shiny cowbird is a year-round resident across most of South America, where it lives in open areas such as open forests and cultivated land. [2] Within the last century, the range of the species has shifted northward, and birds have been recorded in the West Indies and southern Florida. [ 3 ]
Screaming cowbird: Molothrus rufoaxillaris Cassin, 1866: 71 Giant cowbird: Molothrus oryzivorus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 72 Shiny cowbird: Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 73 Bronzed cowbird: Molothrus aeneus (Wagler, 1829) 74 Bronze-brown cowbird: Molothrus armenti Cabanis, 1851: 75 Brown-headed cowbird: Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783) 76 ...
The female cowbird may continue to observe this nest after laying eggs. Some bird species have evolved the ability to detect such parasitic eggs, and may reject them by pushing them out of their nests, but the female cowbird has been observed to attack and destroy the remaining eggs of such birds as a consequence, dissuading further removals. [8]
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It is threatened by habitat loss and the nest-parasitic shiny cowbird. Most of its tiny known range, estimated at only 1 km 2 by BirdLife International, is within the Yunguilla reserve, which, following the rediscovery of this species in 1998, was set up by the Jocotoco Foundation. Following intensive management, including the removal of ...
Very few if any American yellow warblers breed more than once per year, with just 5% of female mangrove warblers doing so. If a breeding attempt fails, either parent will usually try to raise a second brood. [17] The clutch of the American yellow warbler is 3–6 (typically 4–5, rarely 1–2) eggs. Incubation usually takes 11 days, sometimes ...
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976) After Rudolph’s initial success, Rankin/Bass made sequels to his story, including Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, where Santa tasks Rudolph with finding the Baby ...
Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.