Screaming Cowbird
Molothrus rufoaxillarisCassin, J, 1866
English (US) Screaming Cowbird
The Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern Bolivia to Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Screaming Cowbird
- Described by
- Cassin, J, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Molothrus rufo-axillaris
- Described by
- Cassin, J, 1866
- Type locality
- Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18 p.23
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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