Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: ICTERIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Its brilliant yellow head, together with its loud, rusty-hinge call, make the Yellow-headed Blackbird a conspicuous presence in western wetlands. It breeds in loose colonies and places its nest over water, attached to cattails and reeds.