Blackbirds

Brewer's Blackbird

Purpurstärling

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Blackbirds10 photosFirst seen: 10 August 2026

Brewer's Blackbird is a medium-sized western blackbird that usually walks rather than hops on the ground. Males are glossy black with a purple head, green body and pale yellow eye. Females are plain brown with a dark eye. The species feeds on insects, seeds and other food in fields, parks, shorelines and urban areas. It often nests in loose colonies and gathers in larger flocks outside the breeding season.

ID tip: Adult males combine a pale yellow eye with glossy blue-green plumage and no red shoulder patch. Females are plain brown without the heavy streaking of female Red-winged Blackbirds.

First seen: 10 August 2026 · Oak Harbor · 10 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Oak Harbor10 August 2026

Family: Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Length: 20–25 cm
Wingspan: 37–39 cm
Regional status: Year-round resident (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Conservation: Near Threatened NTIUCN Red List · retrieved 27 August 2026
Habitat: Open ground, shorelines, parks, farmland and towns
Diet: Insects, seeds, grain, berries and scraps

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Selected photographs

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