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Sonoran Desert Birds

 

 

Brewer's blackbird (male) - (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

 Brewer's blackbird (male)

Size: 9 inches
Overall Color: grayish black
Occurrence: near water
Diet: insects, seeds
Nest: mud cup
Field Identification: yellow eye, long tail
Season: winter

Brewer's blackbird (male)
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae (icterids)
Genus: Euphagus
species: cyanocephalus

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