Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Looks like a blackbird that dipped its head in egg yolk. Sounds like a rusty gate being murdered.
- Populasi
- ~12 million mature individuals, relatively stable over three generations (slight negative annual trend)
- Habitat
- Freshwater wetlands — marshes, bogs, swamps, and reed/cattail beds; nests over standing water and forages in adjacent farm fields and grasslands during the non-breeding season
- Fakta menarik
- The oldest known Yellow-headed Blackbird on record lived at least 11 years and 8 months, banded in Saskatchewan in 1983 and recovered in Nebraska in 1995.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the prairies and western/central regions of Canada and the USA; winters mainly in the southwestern USA and Mexico, with occasional vagrancy into Central America and the Caribbean
- Makanan
- Omnivorous — insects and aquatic invertebrates especially during breeding season, plus seeds and grains (including sunflower and waste grain) the rest of the year
- Ukuran
- 0,235 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,43 m
- Masa hidup
- 5 tahun
