Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Synopsis:
Nests singly or in small colonies throughout the state in rangeland,
towns, agricultural land, lakeshores, and other
habitats.
Habitat Associations:
strongest
Salt Desert Scrub Shrubland (571910 acres)
Northeast Modified Grassland (963614 acres)
Coastal Headland Grass & Shrubland (2285 acres)
Urban/Residential (616720 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (6435435 acres)
Streamside/Wetland Shrubland (2171 acres)
strong
W. Juniper Woodland (3774399 acres)
Mountain Mahogany Shrubland (1378 acres)
Sagebrush Steppe (5236827 acres)
Low-Dwarf Sagebrush (432677 acres)
Big Sagebrush Shrubland (12320395 acres)
Bitterbrush-Big Sagebrush Shrubland (153185 acres)
Northeast Canyon Grass & Shrubland (398899 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (357704 acres)
Seasonally Wet Playa (128054 acres)
Coastal Dunes & Ponds with Widely Scattered Shrubs/Trees (43276 acres)
Western Oregon Riverine Woodland (27749 acres)
some
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (4654180 acres)
Aspen Groves (22267 acres)
Wet Montane Meadow (2910 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (1607990 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (714774 acres)
Edges of Freshwater Marsh (19950 acres)
lesser
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (426771 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (2835449 acres)
Jeffery Pine Forest/Woodland (40119 acres)
Conifer Woodland on Serpentine Bedrock (46296 acres)
Lodgepole Pine Forest/Woodland (255109 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (610765 acres)
Coastal Lodgepole Forest (757 acres)
Douglas Fir-White Fir/Tanoak-Madrone Mixed Forest (963994 acres)
Douglas Fir/White Oak Forest (196688 acres)
Ponderosa Pine/White Oak Forest & Woodland (163195 acres)
Ponderosa Pine-W. Juniper Woodland (201479 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (1493970 acres)
Red Alder (106881 acres)
White Oak Forest (115577 acres)
South coast Mixed Forest (2888 acres)
Siskiyou Mtns Shrubland on Serpentine Bedrock (16045 acres)
Manzanita-dominant Shrubland (15439 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (72020 acres)
Relative Detectability:
Easy to detect by sight and song, and easy to confirm
breeding.
Challenge:
Determine if this species breeds more widely than shown in the
Siskiyou Mountains and west slope of the Cascades.