Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Science Article 11 abstract We characterized several equivocal aspects of the breeding biology of the broodparasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) at a study site in northeastern Illinois. Atotal of 175 offspring and a partial sample of parents were sampled and genotyped at sixmicrosatellite loci. A combination of sibling-group and parentage assignment […]
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Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Icteridae | [latin] Molothrus ater | [UK] Brown-headed Cowbird | [FR] Vacher a tete brune | [DE] Braunkopf-Kuhstarling | [ES] | [NL] Bruinkopkoevogel Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Dives ater Molothrus ater NA, MA s Canada to s Mexico Molothrus ater artemisiae Molothrus ater […]