Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus · Lifer #135
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Photos: 6 Forms: 3 (F/Breeding, M/Breeding, M/Non-breeding)
US-ILUS-VA
0ISSF. Plumage varies, with non-breeding become more rusty while breeding (MAR-SEP) lose their namesake! Interesting! M/F differ, with breeding males being "uniformly black above with a blue-green to greenish gloss" and female "slate gray, darker above with a bluish green gloss". Non-breeding have the rusty and buff-brown namesake while females also have a "conspicuous pale buff line above the eye"