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| name = Yellow-headed Blackbird |
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| image = Yellow headed blackbird - natures pics.jpg |
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| image_caption = Male |
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |
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| classis = [[Bird|Aves]] |
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| ordo = [[Passeriformes]] |
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| familia = [[Icteridae]] |
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| genus = '''''Xanthocephalus''''' |
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| genus_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1850 |
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| species = '''''X. xanthocephalus''''' |
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| binomial = ''Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus'' |
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| binomial_authority = ([[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1826) |
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| range_map = Xanthocephalus map.svg |
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| range_map_width = 250px |
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| range_map_caption = blue: breeding; green: year-round; ochre: nonbreeding |
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}} |
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The '''Yellow-headed Blackbird''', ''Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus'', is a medium-sized [[icterid|blackbird]], and the only member of the [[genus]] ''Xanthocephalus''. |
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Adults have a pointed bill. The adult male is mainly black with a yellow head and breast; they have a white wing patch sometimes only visible in flight. The adult female is mainly brown with a dull yellow throat and breast. |
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[[Image:Yellow-headed Blackbird - female.jpg|thumb|left|Female]] |
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Their breeding [[habitat (ecology)|habitat]] is cattail (''[[Typha]]'' spp.) [[marsh]]es in [[North America]], mainly west of the [[Great Lakes]]. The nest is built with and attached to marsh vegetation. They nest in colonies, often sharing their habitat closely with the [[Red-winged Blackbird]] (''Agelaius phoeniceus''). During the breeding and nesting season the males are very territorial and spend much of their time perched on reed stalks and displaying or chasing off intruders. |
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These birds [[bird migration|migrate]] in the winter to the [[southwestern United States]] and [[Mexico]]. They often migrate in huge flocks with other species of birds. These blackbirds are only permanent residents in the USA of the [[San Joaquin Valley]] and the Lower [[Colorado River]] Valley of [[Arizona]] and [[California]]. It is an extremely rare vagrant to [[Western Europe]], with some records suspected to refer to escapes from captivity. |
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These birds forage in the marsh, in fields or on the ground; they sometimes catch [[insect]]s in flight. They mainly eat [[seed]]s and insects. Outside of the nesting period, they often feed in flocks, often with other [[Icterid|blackbirds]]. |
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This bird's song resembles the grating of a rusty hinge. |
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==References== |
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* {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=54138|title=Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons|Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus}} |
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*[http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/yellow_headed_blackbird_info.htm Yellow-headed Blackbird Information and Photos] - South Dakota Birds and Birding |
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*[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird.html Yellow-headed Blackbird Species Account] - Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
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*[http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4970id.html Yellow-headed Blackbird] - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfExr7E7l3w] - video of a female Yellow-headed Blackbird in Annapolis Valley, NS, Canada, well outside of its normal range. |
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[[Category:Icteridae]] |
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[[Category:American blackbirds]] |
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[[Category:Birds of North America|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Canada|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of the United States|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Fauna of the Lower Colorado River Valley|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Mexico|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Costa Rica|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Panama|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of the Caribbean|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Cuba|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of the Bahamas|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[Category:Birds of the Turks and Caicos Islands|Blackbird, Yellow-headed]] |
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[[es:Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus]] |
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[[fr:Carouge à tête jaune]] |
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[[lt:Geltongalvis trupialas]] |
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[[ja:キガシラムクドリモドキ]] |
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[[no:Gulhodetrupial]] |
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