Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Family: Troupials and allies
Brown-headed Cowbird is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Some host species, such as the house finch, feed their young an herbivorous diet.
The cowbirds then laid their eggs in the new nests 85% of the time.
It nestlings are also sometimes expelled from the nest.