Yellow-headed Blackbird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
bird
1
Detections
Aug 23, 2026
First heard
Aug 23, 2026
Last heard
81%
Avg. confidence

Photographs

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Yellow-headed Blackbird
jim22lawrence
Yellow-headed Blackbird
M. Goff
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bert Filemyr
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Tommy Farquhar
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Daughter Dad
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Tony Wood

Photographs from iNaturalist · photographer credits

About from Wikipedia

Description

Yellow-headed blackbirds are relatively large blackbirds with large, yellow heads. They measure 8.3–10.2 in (21–26 cm) in length, with a wingspan of 16.5–17.3 in (42–44 cm) and a weight of 1.6–3.5 oz (44–100 g). Adults have a pointed bill. The adult male is mainly black with a yellow head and breast; they have a white wing patch sometimes only visible in flight. The adult female is mainly brown with a dull yellow throat and breast. Immature members of both sexes are brown with duller yellow plumage compared to adult males. Immature males also have some white patches on the wing. Both sexes resemble the respective sexes of the smaller yellow-hooded blackbird of South America.

Adapted from Yellow-headed blackbird on Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Aug '26

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