Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
French: Vacher luisant German: Seidenkuhstärling Spanish: Tordo Renegrido
Other common names: Glossy Cowbird
Subspecies and Distribution
M. b. minimus de Dalmas, 1900 – SE USA (Florida), West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas and extreme N Brazil (R Branco).
M. b. cabanisii Cassin, 1866 – E Costa Rica, Panama and W Colombia.
M. b. venezuelensis Stone, 1891 – N Venezuela and E Colombia.
M. b. aequatorialis Chapman, 1915 – SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
M. b. occidentalis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1892 – extreme SW Ecuador (Loja) and W Peru.
M. b. riparius Griscom & Greenway, 1937 – E Ecuador, E Peru, and Amazon Valley in Brazil (E to Obídos).
M. b. bonariensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – C & E Brazil (S of R Amazon) S to E Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina (S to C Santa Cruz); also Chile (Coquimbo Region S to Aysén). |
