Starlings

I went to the ITESM the other day and saw this birds...

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WildFlower

Lion

They may be Brewer's blackbirds - Euphagus cyanocephalus. Males and females gather in spring after spending the winter season separately, in migrating flocks. This must be a male flock.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/brewers_blackbird/id
http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-brewer-blackbird.html Posted 10 years ago
1. enriquediaz
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you WildFlower, these birds are Black Starlings and can't be identified on the ones that you have on JungleDragon, the same thing happen with the scorpions pictures that I upload, for that reason I don't had identified these species, the birds that you are telling me have a longer peak, these are shorter and they have feathers on their legs. They are very common in Mexico, but the one that you have on this site is from Europe and are green colored, the scorpions are more yellow in the common scorpion nomination, but we have that color in Mexico that looks the same, one of those already itch me when I was younger, it didn't affect me. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    If you read more carefully what is written in the sites I have suggested you will see that what you are saying is not correct.
    Males are glossy black all over with a staring yellow eye and a blue sheen on the head grading to greenish iridescence on the body.
    If you look at the range map in the first site which is created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, you will see that this species is only found in North America and it migrates south to Mexico in winter.
    Looking at the other suggestions however, the bronzed cowbird - Molothrus aeneus could also be a close match, but from these photos it is really hard to tell for sure.
    http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bronzed_Cowbird/id Posted 10 years ago
  2. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    hi Enrique, I just wanted to explain to you that if JungleDragon cannot find a match for the species you enter (where it is best to use the binomial name, not the common name), you can always request manual species creation. You can find that option in the identification dialog, under "advanced". Note that this should only be used when no match can be found initially. I hope this helps. Posted 10 years ago
  3. 1. enriquediaz
      
      Lion
      
      Thank you. Posted 10 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

I must say this one has had me stumped. I am not disputing your identification Enrique its just that I have never seen a completely black European starling. I did wonder if these were Brown-headed or bronzed cowbirds as these do winter in Mexico and feed in fields as a flock. But I know that European starlings also migrate to Mexico. I think we shall have to agree that there will always be variations in colour in all species in different countries. As for an official ID for this one, I really don't know! Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
1. enriquediaz
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you very much, I saw what your are saying, this birds looks like the cowbirds with brown head, there are many in Mexico, but are all black, I have seen huge clouds made of this birds. Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

Lion

I'm not sure if there is not an all black color morph in European starlings, but as far as I know the adult birds have yellow beaks an pink feet, which would indicate to me that starling is perhaps a common name for them in the area, but the scientific name is likely something else. There are all black starling species, but I could only find ones that like that occurring in Africa. The resolution here isn't really enough and theres not really anything in the photo for scale to make a good determination, but they look like grackles or crows or like Wildflower suggested, brewers blackbirds to me. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
1. enriquediaz
  
  Lion
  
  I had more pictures about this birds, but I'm available to upload just one, they are little birds, crows are huge, I saw some birds that looks like this in Texas with yellow neck, but didn't took pictures of them. I'll upload another picture where you may see some windows at the back on a building. Posted 10 years ago

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