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Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis · Family Icteridae
Molothrus bonariensis
Family Icteridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 659,022
- Countries and territories with records
- 48
About this species
This species has 659,022 occurrence records from 48 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Argentina (24.4%), Colombia (19.5%), Brazil (18%), Chile (7.3%) and Ecuador (4.4%); together they account for 73.5% of the total. In Argentina, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Molothrus bonariensis combines the genus name Molothrus with the species epithet bonariensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Molothrus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Molothrus ater, Molothrus aeneus and Molothrus oryzivorus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 105 species of the family Icteridae. This species ranks 16th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Agelaius phoeniceus. Its record count is close to the family average (677,230). The family Icteridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.