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Feb 22, 2024 · Perhaps no bird native to North America is more maligned than the brown-headed cowbird. This smallish blackbird lays its eggs in the nests of host species, letting unsuspecting parents raise its young—a breeding strategy known as brood parasitism.

Once confined to the open grasslands of middle North America, cowbirds have surged in numbers and range as humans built towns and cleared woods. Look for Brown-headed Cowbirds in fields, meadows, and lawns.

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.

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Audubon’s scientists have used 140 million bird observations and sophisticated climate models to project how climate change will affect the range of the Brown-headed Cowbird. Learn even more in our Audubon’s Survival By Degrees project .

Giovanni’s grandfather will occasionally tell the story of the Bird and the Cow to his grandchildren in order to instruct them on a lesson in life. The story goes as follows: There once was a bird that was flying south for winter, but he had left too late into winter that the air was extremely cold.

There are three types of cowbirds in North America. The Brown-headed Cowbird is found throughout the continent right up to the conifer regions of the North.