Summary ⁶

The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird, named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.

Distribution ⁷

Global Range: BREEDS: central interior British Columbia to western Great Lakes area, south to northwestern Baja California, southern Nevada, western and northern Texas, northern Iowa. WINTERS: southern British Columbia and central Alberta, eastern Montana, Kansas, Arkansas, western South Carolina south to Oaxaca and central Veracruz, southern Texas, Gulf coast, southern Florida.

Habitat and ecology ⁸

Systems

• Terrestrial
• Marine

Migration ⁹

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Northern interior breeding populations are long-distance migrants; migrations mountainous west may be more localized.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jamie Chavez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/20709090@N00/3239901173
2. (c) Lynette Schimming, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3224/2785465512_1050c9d8a2.jpg
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4. Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Euphagus_cyanocephalus1.jpg/460px-Euphagus_cyanocephalus1.jpg
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6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphagus_cyanocephalus
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28943826
8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31052762
9. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28943831

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