Brewer's Blackbird

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Bird name: Brewer’s Blackbird
Latin: Euphagus cyanocephalus
Other:
Family: Icteridae • New World Blackbirds
Range: North America, some migrating to Mexico.

This is an adult male Brewer’s Blackbird, identifiable by bright yellow iris and glossy blue-indigo plumage, purplish on head. Seen here in California.