Size: 7.5 inches
Overall Color: black
Occurrence: widespread
Diet: seeds, insects
Nest: nest parasite
Field Identification: dark brown head
Season: year-round

Brown-headed cowbird (male)
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae (icterids)
Genus: Molothrus
species: ater