Genus Molothrus

Taxon ID: 31857

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Maryland Biodiversity Project has documented 2 taxa in Genus Molothrus.

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A male Brown-headed Cowbird in Baltimore Co., Maryland (2/11/2019).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Bob Cammarata View Record

A male Brown-headed Cowbird in Pasadena, Maryland (2/9/2008).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Bill Hubick

A Brown-headed Cowbird in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/1/2015).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Jon Corcoran View Record

Maryland's first Shiny Cowbird in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/22/2017).

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1788)) Media by Joshua Heiser View Record

A Brown-headed Cowbird in Harford Co., Maryland (6/13/2014).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Matthew Addicks

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1788)) Media by Joshua Heiser View Record

A Brown-headed Cowbird in Calvert Co., Maryland (4/15/2017).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Ben Springer View Record

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1788)) Media by Joshua Heiser View Record

A female Brown-headed Cowbird in Pasadena, Maryland (2/9/2008).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Bill Hubick

A female Brown-headed Cowbird in Baltimore Co., Maryland (2/11/2019).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Bob Cammarata View Record

Brown-headed Cowbird in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/8/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist View Record

A female Brown-headed Cowbird in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/13/2012).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Frode Jacobsen

A male Shiny Cowbird in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/25/2017). First Maryland record found by Joshua Heiser on 10/22/2017.

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1788)) Media by Bill Hubick View Record

A female Brown-headed Cowbird in Pasadena, Maryland (3/7/2009).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Bill Hubick

Brown-headed Cowbird in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/22/2022). No rights reserved.

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Andy Wilson via iNaturalist View Record

Brown-headed Cowbirds in Howard Co., Maryland (5/7/2017).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Sue Muller View Record

Shiny Cowbird in Montgomery Co., Maryland (11/27/2017). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1788)) Media by Josh Emm View Record

Brown-headed Cowbird in Harford Co., Maryland (7/28/2017).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Mary Sweet View Record

Brown-headed Cowbirds in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/27/2023). (c) David Illig, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by davidillig via iNaturalist View Record

A male Brown-headed Cowbird bludgeons to death a competing male in his territory, Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/5/2011).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Jon Corcoran

A juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/10/2014). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Frode Jacobsen View Record

A young Brown-headed Cowbird in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/15/2010). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Frode Jacobsen View Record

An immature Brown-headed Cowbird in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/12/2017).

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)) Media by Ben Springer View Record

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Order	Class	Kingdom
Shiny Cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis	Icteridae	Passeriformes	Aves	Animalia
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	Icteridae	Passeriformes	Aves	Animalia

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Genus Molothrus

Summary

Species (2)

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