Rusty Blackbird
(Euphagus carolinus)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
VU - Vulnerable |
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NatureServe |
N4B, N4N - Apparently Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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Minnesota |
not listed |
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| Occurrence | Common migrant and local breeder |
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| Habitat | Breeding: Moist woodlands; bogs and fens with shrubs; and wooded edges of streams and beaver ponds |
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Migration: Mostly wooded wetlands but also open woodlands, pastures, and agricultural fields |
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| Size | 8″ to 10″ in length 15½″ wingspan |
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| Identification | During mating season the male is entirely black with a faint green gloss on the body and a faint bluish or greenish gloss on the head. It may look black depending on the angle of the light. |
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| Migration | Mid-March to late November |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Passeriformes (perching birds) |
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Superfamily: |
Passeroidea |
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Family: |
Icteridae (blackbirds, orioles, and relatives) |
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| Subordinate Taxa | Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus carolinus) Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus nigrans) |
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Rusty Blackbird Non-Breeding Male |
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Uploaded on Mar 8, 2011 Rusty Blackbirds in winter. Feeding and singing. Connecticut. |
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| Rusty Blackbird singing and preening The Bearded Birder |
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Published on Feb 11, 2016 A male Rusty Blackbird singing and preening in Munson Slough south of Lake Henrietta in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. |
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| Euphagus carolinus = RUSTY BLACKBIRD Rob Curtis |
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Published on Mar 23, 2015 Euphagus carolinus = RUSTY BLACKBIRD Species photo gallery: |
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| Published on Apr 28, 2014 Woodfibrebirder |
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Published on Apr 28, 2014 Rusty Blackbird - Squamish River Estuary - April 28, 2014 |
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| Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Hillsboro Public Library, Oregon, 31 Oct 2013 Cyanocitta2 |
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Published on Oct 31, 2013 Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), female, Hillsboro Public Library, Oregon, 31 Oct 2013. Found 30 Oct. by Mark Wilkinson. There are only 12 previous accepted records in all of Oregon for this species, which is from eastern North America and is declining at a rapid rate. |
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| Phil Voxland 10/9/2018 |
Location: St. Louis County, Burntside Lake Rusty Blackbird Non-Breeding Male |
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