Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (4)
Peter E. Lowther
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1993
Text last updated January 1, 1993
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Кафявоглава волска птица |
| Catalan | vaquer capbrú |
| Croatian | smeđoglavi čvorkaš |
| Czech | vlhovec hnědohlavý |
| Danish | Brunhovedet Kostær |
| Dutch | Bruinkopkoevogel |
| English | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| English (United States) | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Estonian | piisoniturpial |
| Finnish | lehmäturpiaali |
| French | Vacher à tête brune |
| French (Canada) | Vacher à tête brune |
| German | Braunkopf-Kuhstärling |
| Greek | Κοινό Γελαδοπούλι |
| Hebrew | שחרורית חומת-ראש |
| Hungarian | Barnafejű gulyajáró |
| Icelandic | Kúastarli |
| Japanese | コウウチョウ |
| Latvian | Brūngalvas govjputns |
| Lithuanian | Rudagalvis karvapaukštis |
| Norwegian | brunhodetrupial |
| Polish | starzyk brunatnogłowy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Chopim-mulato |
| Romanian | Trupial negru de cireadă |
| Russian | Коровий трупиал, буроголовый желтушник |
| Serbian | Crna kravarica |
| Slovak | zanášač čierny |
| Spanish | Tordo Cabecipardo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pájaro vaquero de cabeza carmelita |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tordo Cabeza Café |
| Spanish (Panama) | Vaquero Cabecipardo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tordo cabecipardo |
| Swedish | brunhuvad kostare |
| Turkish | Boz Başlı İnekkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Вашер буроголовий |
Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Oriolus ater
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carohna.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- MOLOTHRUS
- ater
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Brown-headed Cowbird
