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Tricolored Blackbird Breeding male
Breeding male

Broad-shouldered blackbird with a hunchbacked look and a long conical bill. Males have a distinctive red shoulder patch bordered below by a white band.

© Daniel Murphy / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 14, 2017
Tricolored Blackbird Female
Female

Thicker bodied songbird with a slender, pointed bill. Females are dark gray-brown overall with streaks on the back and belly. Note pale eyebrow.

© Ted Beedy / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, June 30, 2013
Tricolored Blackbird Nonbreeding male
Nonbreeding male

Males often have brown fringing to the feathers from September to August.

© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, October 25, 2020
Tricolored Blackbird Breeding male
Breeding male

© Paul Fenwick / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 17, 2021
Tricolored Blackbird Breeding male
Breeding male

© Bob Friedrichs / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 18, 2018
Tricolored Blackbird Female
Female

© Paul Fenwick / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, August 28, 2020
Tricolored Blackbird Flock
Flock

Occurs in large groups year-round feeding in agricultural fields, feed lots, and pastures.

© Brian SullivanCalifornia, December 18, 2014

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Troupials and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Icteridae)

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