Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Order: Passeriformes (Oscines) - Family: Icteridae
Habitat: Bushland and paths

All records since January 2014

Sounds
© José L. Merlo	© José L. Merlo	© José L. Merlo

Adult male
© RAP Black. Purple gloss. Dark iris © Gustavo F. Brahamian
© J. Simón Tagtachian En grupos comiendo del suelo en áreas abiertas

Adult femalea
© RAP Brown © J. Simón Tagtachian

Breeding
The Shiny Cowbird is a generalist and obligate brood parasite. It is obligate since it has lost the capacity to build nests, consequently it is necessarily interspecific. It is generalist since it parasitizes several species. More than 200 species have been recorded in all the area of its distribution Read more aobut Brood Parsitism
3 11 16 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Parsitized species
Masked Yellowthroat *Geothlypis aequinoctialis*
1 2005 © Carlos Ferrari	1 2006 © Carlos Ferrari
1 2012 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Rufous Hornero *Furnarius rufus*
11 2009 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
11-2011 © Javier Menendez
Yellow-winged Blackbird *Agelasticus thilius*
12 2007 © Jorge García Vicente
Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch *Poospiza nigrorufa*
12-2004 © Jorge García Vicente	12-2005 © Roberto Ares
12-2012 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
15-1-13 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Rufous-collared Sparrow *Zonotrichia capensis*
1 2005 © Hugo Hulsberg
Chalk-browed Mockingbird *Mimus saturninus*
12 2005 © Jorge García Vicente	12 2010 © Mirta Ragonesi
12 12 2015 © Eduardo Cusano	28 1 17 © Dolores Fernández
Black-capped Warbling-Finch *Poospiza melanoleuca*
1 2007 © Jorge García Vicente	19 1 08 © Roberto Ares
Sooty-fronted Spinetail *Synallaxis frontalis*
1 2008 © Jorge García Vicente
House Wren *Troglodytes aedon*
11-2010 © Roberto Ares
White-lined Tanager *Tachyphonus rufus*
16 1 14 © Amelia Besana
Greyish Baywing *Agelaioides badius*
10-2013 © Silvia Vitale All the story in Parasitism - Shiny Cowbird
Red-eyed Vireo *Vireo olivaceus*
11-2016 © Juan Carlos Ferreyra
29-12-16 © J. Simón Tagtachian