Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
(L 9.5" WS 15" WT 2.3 oz)
Dominates over the Red-
winged Blackbird...in much
of west U.S. and Mexico.
Sweetwater
Wetlands
15Nov2009
Species
Status is
Endangered
in Illinois
© William W.
H. Gunn
Macaulay
Library
Xanthocephalus in Greek
means yellow-headed.