Cowbird
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cowbird-163-9244882
title:
Cowbird
text:
Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are of New World origin, but some species not native to North America are invasive there, and are obligate brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species. The genus was introduced by English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 with the brown-headed cowbird as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mōlos, meaning "struggle" or "battle", with thrōskō, meaning "to sire" or "to im
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbird
date created:
2005-01-24T23:02:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T14:53:06Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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