Chunky with a conical bill. Males are glossy black overall.
Medium-sized bird with a conical, sharply pointed bill. Females are tan overall with a faint paler eyebrow.
Note the fairly long, thick-based bill that comes to a sharp point, characteristic of cowbirds.
Juveniles are dull brown with a streaky belly.
Song is a bubbling purring, followed by an ascending series of short, high notes.
Chunky bird with a conical bill. Females are tan overall and have little to no streaking on the belly.
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A stout songbird with a short, thick-based, finely pointed bill and moderately long wings and tail.
Slightly larger than an Eastern Bluebird, smaller than a Red-winged Blackbird.
robin-sizedOrnithologists recognize at least seven subspecies in the Caribbean and South America, all rather similar to one another. Only the smallest subspecies, minimus, is known in the United States.
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