New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) - HBW 16, p. 782
French: Quiscale rouilleux
German: Roststärling
Spanish: Zanate Canadiense
Taxonomy: Turdus Carolinus Statius Müller, 1776, Carolina, USA.
Closely related to E. cyanocephalus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- carolinus (Statius Müller, 1776) - breeds S of tundra from NW Alaska (Kotzebue Sound) E across Canada from Northern Territories (Mackenzie Delta) to Labrador, and S to extreme NE USA (New York state E to C Maine); migrates to E USA.
- nigrans Burleigh & J. L. Peters, 1948 - breeds SE Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick); migrates to E USA.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A bird in a bush Locality Potomac River, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp carolinus)
Robert Schaefer 19 April 2007 4 years ago 12 sec 4.6 -
A male in a treetop, singing and flying away Locality Poorfish Lake, Nunavut, Canada (ssp carolinus)
Robert Schaefer 25 June 2006 5 years ago 23 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding in the mud Locality Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia, USA (United States) (ssp carolinus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 May 2006 6 years ago 26 sec 4.3 -
A male foraging on the wet tundra. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp carolinus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2012 43 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2 -
A bird perched on a spruce, looking around. Locality Nancy Lake State Recreation Area, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp carolinus)
Josep del Hoyo 10 June 2012 38 weeks ago 31 sec 3.4
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adult male feeding
Locality Leroy Percy State Park, Washington County, Mississippi, USA (United States)
gerfer 21 March 2007 43 weeks ago 4.2 -
Rusty Blackbird, perched on a stick.
Locality Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, New York, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Bill Benish 28 February 2009 4 years ago 4.2 -
catching pieces of pecan nuts
Locality Leroy Percy State Park, Washington County, Mississippi, USA (United States)
gerfer 18 March 2007 43 weeks ago 3.8 -
adul pair winter plumage
Locality Leroy Percy State Park, Washington County, Mississippi, USA (United States)
gerfer 17 March 2007 43 weeks ago 3.6 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ssp carolinus)
David Beadle 20 April 2012 14 weeks ago 3.6 -
A non-breeding female foraging on the ground.
Locality Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ssp carolinus)
David Beadle 11 October 2009 14 weeks ago 3.5
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