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Passeriformes / Icteridae / Molothrus

Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (brocow1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Molothrus

Subspecies (3)

Molothrus aeneus aeneus

southern Texas to southern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, and central Panama
Molothrus aeneus assimilis

southwestern Mexico (Jalisco to Colima, Guerrero, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas)
Molothrus aeneus loyei

southwestern USA to northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, and Nayarit)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (brocow1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.