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cowbird /ˈkaʊbəːd /nounA New World songbird with dark plumage and a relatively short bill, typically laying its eggs in other birds' nests.- Genus Molothrus (and Scaphidura), family Icteridae: several species, in particular the widespread brown-headed (or common) cowbird (M. ater).
Instead of our winter visitors that left us for more northern areas, we now have grackles, red-wings and cowbirds....- This fracturing allows birds of the forest edge, such as cowbirds and blue jays, to parasitize and prey upon the thrushes.
- Cuckoos and cowbirds lay eggs in nests of different species to avoid the costs of brood care.
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