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© Walter
Bauer, Sugar Land, Texas - 1998
A rather small blackbird
with a short, conical sparrow-like bill. The Male has a brown head. The female
is uniformly gray. The finch like bill is a good mark.
Voice: Chuck. Also chatter. The flight
note is weeee-titi ( a high whistle, two lower notes). The song is a bubbly and
creaky glug-glug gleeee with the last note being on the high pitch.
Where found: United States - Mexico
border to west Panama.
Texas: Resident in south Texas north
to Eagle Pass, San Antonio (rare) and the central coast.
Habitat: Woodlands, mesquite, citrus groves, towns.
Nest: "NONE"; Lays its blue-green eggs in nests of other species and most often in an orioles nest.