species: Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
4 Observations
species: Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Observer
- jonpoppele
- Date
- 5/1/2021
- Quality grade
- needs_id
- License
- CC-BY-NC
- Description
- I'm pretty confident these are tracks of an Icterid. Based on the size, location, and behavior, I think cowbird is the most likely candidate, but they fall in the size range for red-singed blackbird as well.
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Taxonomy
- kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 2341 observations
- phylum: Chordates (Chordata) 1722 observations
- class: Birds (Aves) 556 observations
- order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes) 226 observations
- family: New World Blackbirds And Orioles (Icteridae) 26 observations
- genus: Cowbirds (Molothrus) 4 observations
- species: Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4 observations
Species Interactions
The species with links are species that have observations.
Eats
- Dicots (Magnoliopsida)
- Insects (Insecta)
- Grasses (Poaceae)
- Animals (Animalia)
- Vascular Plants (Tracheophyta)
- Grasshoppers, Crickets, And Katydids (Orthoptera)
- Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Arthropods (Arthropoda)
- Knotweeds (Polygonum)
- True Weevils (Curculionidae)
- Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera)
- Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
- Panicgrasses (Panicum)
- Amaranths (Amaranthus)
- True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, And Allies (Hemiptera)
- Dragonflies And Damselflies (Odonata)
- Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
- (Eleusine)
- Flatsedges (Cyperus)
- Aphids (Aphididae)
- Household Cockroaches (Blattidae)
- Flies (Diptera)
- Foxtails And Bristlegrasses (Setaria)
- Corns And Teosintes (Zea)
- True Sedges (Carex)
- Barnyard Grasses (Echinochloa)
- House Flies And Allies (Muscidae)
- Non-biting Midges (Chironomidae)
- Spiders (Araneae)
- Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae)
- Wheats (Triticum)
- Oats (Avena)
- Crabgrasses, Cottontops, And Allies (Digitaria)
- Ants, Bees, Wasps, And Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
- Ants (Formicidae)
- Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae)
- Paspalum (Paspalum)
- Rough Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
- Nightshades (Solanum)
- Grapevines (Vitis)
- Ragweeds (Ambrosia)
- Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)
- Johnsongrasses, Milos, Sudangrasses, And Allies (Sorghum)
- Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)
- Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
- Sunflowers (Helianthus)
- Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
- Bush Clovers And Lespedezas (Lespedeza)
- Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)
- Entelegyne Spiders (Entelegynae)
- (Acalypha)
- (Scirpus)
- (Hedeoma)
- (Achilidae)
- (Barbarea)
- (Secale)
- Maize (Zea mays)
- Oat (Avena sativa)
- (Oryza sativa)
- (Murdannia nudiflora)
- (Alopecurus)
- (Andropogon gerardii)
- Bronze Ground Beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
- Mono Lake Alkali Fly (Cirrula hians)
Preys on
- Insects (Insecta)
- Arthropods (Arthropoda)
- Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada)
Eaten by
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- (Aquila chrysaetos)
Preyed upon by
- Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
Species interaction data comes from GloBI.