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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-headed Blackbirds are a large blackbird with yellow head and chest, black glossy body with white patch on back of wings.
This one is a juvenile. Sometimes confused as females. The juvenile has a black area around the eye and the lore and a solid black belly. Also the bright yellow instead of orange-yellow color of the female.
This was spotted on island of reeds in a flooded field
When the Yellow-headed Blackbirds call they throw their head back and sometimes sideways.
Spotted on Mar 29, 2014
Submitted on Apr 2, 2014
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