Arizona
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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.
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