White-browed Blackbird

The White-browed Blackbird breeds in northeastern Brazil and in southern South America from southwestern Brazil through Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Southern populations are partially migratory.

The White-browed Blackbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-browed Blackbird, Sturnella superciliaris, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. Despite its name and colouration, it is in the same genus as the meadowlarks, and is less closely related to the Red-winged Blackbird group. It is, of course, completely unrelated to the European Blackbird, which is a thrush. The White-browed Blackbird breeds in northeastern Brazil and in southern South America from southwestern Brazil through Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Southern populations are partially migratory. More

The White-browed Blackbird builds a deep grass-lined open cup nest on the ground amongst tall grasses, with several nests often close together. The normal clutch is three to five reddish brown-blotched greenish eggs. This species is often parasitised by the Shiny Cowbird, and on one occasion 19 cowbird eggs were found with one blackbird egg in a nest. The White-browed Blackbird is a small icterid. More

The White-browed Blackbird, Sturnella superciliaris, is common in the grasslands and pastures of the Pantanal. BUY IT NOW Go to Purchase Information for explanation of options. More

White-browed Blackbird has benefited from the more open habitat created by forest clearance and ranching, and is extending its range. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-browed_Blackbird The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. Copyright Info AnimmalPicturesArchive.com does not have the copyright for this image. More

Male White-browed Blackbird, in breeding plumage. According to Jaramillo and Burke 1999, "breeding plumage is obtained through wear and fading as pre-alternate moults are lacking." (p. 285) See also legend of fig. 1, above. More

White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris = Described by: Bonaparte (1851) Alternate common name(s): White-browed Meadowlark, Boneparte's Blackbird, Southern Marsh-meadowlark, Bonaparte's Blackbird Old scientific name(s): Leistes superciliaris Photographs Barra do Quara More

WHITE-BROWED BLACKBIRD Sturnella superciliaris A distinctive pot-bellied grassland blackbird which can be abundant in places. In flocks in winter, they split into pairs in the breeding season when males perform a fantastic aerial dance to wow females. Unusually these Blackbirds breed in worn plumage, the fresh plumage having brownish edges and fringes to the feathers that wear to produce the blackish breeding plumage. More

White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris = Barra do Quara More

is a White-browed Blackbird (it is possible to see its white brow in the photos). But my doubt is about the second one (3rd photo). It has been seen in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It was almost totally black, with a red breast. There were lots of them flying or eating seeds. More

White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern Justification This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). More