Blackbirds

Blackbirds of North America

North American birds include species found in the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada that are breeding species, regular visitors, and casual and accidental species from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. In addition, as an identification aid, I have included photos of these species even if the photos were taken outside of the North American area.

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Altamira Oriole

Estero Llano Grande
SP, TX; May 2015

Bentsen-Rio Grande
V. SP, TX; May 2015

Baltimore Oriole

Rockfish Valley, VA April 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2013	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA September 2013	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2014
Albemarle County, VA December 2019	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2010	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2010	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA July 2012	Blue Grass Valley, VA May 2014	New Castle, NH August 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2010
Magee Marsh, OH May 2013	Magee Marsh, OH May 2013	Magee Marsh, OH May 2013	Magee Marsh, OH May 2013

Bullock's Oriole

Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014	Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014	Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014	Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014
Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014	Lower Salt River, AZ April 2014	Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010

Hooded Oriole

Southern Texas May 2015	Southern Texas May 2015	Southern Texas May 2015	Southern Texas May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX May 2015	El Canelo Ranch, TX May 2015	El Canelo Ranch, TX May 2015	El Canelo Ranch, TX May 2015
El Canelo Ranch, TX May 2015	Florida Canyon, AZ May 2021	Boyce Thompson Arb., AZ; May 2010	Boyce Thompson Arb., AZ; May 2010

Orchard Oriole

Crozet, VA July 2018	Crozet, VA July 2018	Crozet, VA August 2018	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2019
Crozet, VA June 2021	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2014
Rockfish Valley, VA June 2008	Crozet, VA May 2022	Crozet, VA August 2017	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2011
Crozet, VA May 2012	Highland County, VA June 2014	Blue Grass Valley, VA May 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA April 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA June 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2013	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2013
Rockfish Valley, VA July 2016	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2016	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA August 2008

Scott's Oriole

Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020
Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020
Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA February 2020	Swoope, VA March 2020
Swoope, VA March 2020	Swoope, VA March 2020	Swoope, VA March 2020	Swoope, VA March 2020
Florida Canyon, AZ May 2021	Florida Canyon, AZ May 2021	Florida Canyon, AZ May 2021	Florida Canyon, AZ May 2021

Brewer's Blackbird

Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017

Whitefish, MT
July 2013

Red-winged Blackbird

Crozet, VA July 2020	Crozet, VA July 2020	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2007	Crozet, VA July 2020
Rockingham County VA; April 2019	Crozet, VA April 2019	Rockingham County VA; May 2019	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2007
Rockfish Valley, VA July 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA July 2008
Dutch Gap, VA April 2013	Magee Marsh, OH May 2013	Swoope, VA August 2017	Rockfish Valley, VA August 2010
Crozet, VA June 2020	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2011
Rockfish Valley, VA October 2010	Rockfish Valley, VA March 2012	Crozet, VA April 2021	North Charleston, SC January 2015
Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014	Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014	Crozet, VA October 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA December 2014
Nazarenne Wetlands VA; May 2015	Nazarenne Wetlands VA; May 2015	Laguna Atascosa NWR TX; May 2015	Laguna Atascosa NWR TX; May 2015
Crozet, VA June 2019	Augusta County, VA April 2018	Augusta County, VA April 2018	Dutch Gap, VA June 2018
Crozet, VA July 2019	Crozet, VA July 2019	Swoope, VA July 2019	Crozet, VA March 2020
Crozet, VA April 2021	Crozet, VA March 2021	Crozet, VA June 2021	Crozet, VA June 2021

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Nayanquing Point
WMA, MI; May 2013

Rusty Blackbird

Swoope, VA March 2019	Rockfish Valley, VA February 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA February 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA February 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA February 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA February 2012	Crozet, VA March 2022	Rockfish Valley, VA March 2010
Rockfish Valley, VA March 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA March 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA March 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA March 2014
Shenandoah Valley Reg. AP, VA; March 2015	Shenandoah Valley Reg. AP, VA; March 2015	Shenandoah Valley Reg. AP, VA; March 2015	Elkton, VA December 2012
Crozet, VA April 2017	Crozet, VA March 2018	Crozet, VA March 2018	Crozet, VA March 2020

Eastern Meadowlark

Swope, VA February 2018	Swope, VA February 2018	Crozet, VA March 2017	Crozet, VA March 2017
Stuart's Draft, VA March 2019	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Swoope, VA July 2018
Augusta County, VA February 2015	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2009	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2011	Stuart's Draft, VA March 2012
Elsberry, MO April 2013	Swoope, VA March 2018	New Hope, VA February 2014	Shenval Reg. AP, VA May 2018
Rockfish Valley, VA October 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA October 2014	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2015	Augusta County, VA October 2019

Chihuahuan Meadowlark

Santa Cruz Flats, AZ
January 2017

Las Cienegas, AZ
January 2017

Western Meadowlark

Whitewater Draw, AZ
January 2017

Kansas Settlement
AZ; January 2017

Bobolink

Swoope, VA June 2020	Swoope, VA June 2020	Swoope, VA June 2020	Highland County, VA June 2013
Swoope, VA June 2020	Highland County, VA May 2012	Swoope, VA May 2016	Swoope, VA May 2016
Swoope, VA June 2019	Swoope, VA June 2019	Swoope, VA June 2019	Swoope, VA June 2019
Swoope, VA June 2020	Highland County, VA May 2012	Highland County, VA May 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2009
Rockfish Valley, VA September 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA October 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA October 2012
Rockfish Valley, VA October 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA October 2012	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2009	Rockfish Valley, VA September 2009
Swoope, VA August 2017	Swoope, VA August 2017	Swoope, VA July 2019	Swoope, VA July 2019

Common Grackle

Rockfish Valley, VA March 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA April 2009	Rockfish Valley, VA June 2011	Rockingham County, VA March 2015
Augusta County, VA March 2018	Swoope, VA June 2012	Naples, FL January 2012	Magee Marsh, OH May 2013
Augusta County, VA February 2018	Waynesboro, VA June 2014	Waynesboro, VA June 2014	Dyke Marsh, VA August 2014

Crozet, VA
May 2022

Crozet, VA
June 2022

Great-tailed Grackle

South TX
May 2015

Scottsdale, AZ
May 2010

Arizona City, AZ
May 2021

Boat-tailed Grackle

Mt. Pleasant, SC January 2015	Mt. Pleasant, SC January 2015	Bonita Springs, FL January 2008	Bonita Springs, FL January 2008
Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009	Kure Beach, NC July 2009
Eagle Lakes, FL January 2014	Indian River Inlet DE; November 2017	Indian River Inlet DE; November 2017	Little Island Park VA; February 2020

Bronzed Cowbird

El Canelo Ranch, TX
May 2015

Estero Llano Grande
SP, TX; May 2015

Boyce Thompson Arb.,
AZ; May 2010

Brown-headed Cowbird

Blue Ridge Parkway VA; May 2020	Devils Knob, VA June 2009	Devils Knob, VA June 2009	Gilbert, AZ April 2014
Devils Knob, VA June 2009	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Swoope, VA August 2014

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