Passeriformes / Icteridae / Molothrus

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Molothrus bonariensis aequatorialis

tropical southwestern Colombia to western Ecuador and Isla Puná
Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis

eastern Bolivia to Paraguay, Brazil (south of the Amazon River), Uruguay, and central Argentina
Molothrus bonariensis cabanisii

eastern Panama (Darién) to Colombia
Molothrus bonariensis minimus

Lesser Antilles (northward to Martinique), Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, and northern Brazil (Rio Branco)
Molothrus bonariensis occidentalis

far southwestern Ecuador (Loja) and western Peru (southward to Lima)
Molothrus bonariensis riparius

tropical eastern Peru (Río Ucayali) to lower Amazon Valley (eastward to Óbidos, Pará)
Molothrus bonariensis venezuelensis

tropical eastern Colombia and northern Venezuela

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.