Yellow-headed Blackbird

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“Xanthocephalus icterocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Male: Black, including lores and small space around eye and bill; whole head otherwise, with the neck and breast, rich yellow, orange in high feather, the color extending interruptedly to or towards the belly; some feathers around vent, and the tibiae, usually yellow also. A large white patch on the wing, formed by the primary and many of the greater secondary coverts, interrupted by black of the bastard quills. Bill and feet black.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

migratory birds, birds, blackbirds, ornithology, North American birds, omnivorous birds, ground foragers, Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird, large songbirds

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Birds: A-B

Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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