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Passeriformes / Icteridae / Molothrus

Giant Cowbird

Molothrus oryzivorus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (giacow) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Molothrus

Subspecies (2)

Molothrus oryzivorus impacifus

Caribbean slope of southern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to western Panama
Molothrus oryzivorus oryzivorus

eastern Panama to Bolivia (except southwest), Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (giacow) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.