Male Female Description Size: 7.5” Plumage/Description: Males have an iridescent quality to their plumage. In poor lighting males appear very dark overall, even black. In good lighting the entire head appears brown, and the body appears a glossy green-black...
Male Description Size: 8.75” Plumage/Description: Bronzed Cowbirds have an overall stocky appearance. Males appear black, but in good light the wings appear to be a glossy blue color. Females are browner in color, lighter on the underside, and darker on top. Both...
Adults Description Size: 5.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Breeding plumage is more crisp and defined, non-breeding plumage is paler and muted. Throat, breast, belly an ash-colored gray, back more brown than gray. Fine streaking on the...
Male Female Description Size: 6.75” Plumage/Description: Adult males are a stunning deep blue color, in poor lighting they almost appear black. In the sunlight the blue plumage is striking. Males have a small amount of black around the base of the bill, and they...
Male Female Juvenile Description Size: 8.25” Plumage/Description: Males and females have a large conical shaped beak for seed cracking. Males have a solid black head. Back and wings are black with substantial white markings. The throat, breast, rump and nape are...
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