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title: "Brewer's Blackbird"
description: "Euphagus cyanocephalus — Birds. Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brewer-s-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brewer's Blackbird

> Euphagus cyanocephalus — Birds. Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird.

- Scientific name: *Euphagus cyanocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 52471
- Wikidata: [Q339139](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339139)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10325](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10325)

## Names

- en: Brewer's Blackbird
- de: Purpurstärling
- es: Tordo Ojos Amarillos
- fr: Quiscale de Brewer
- nl: Brewers troepiaal
- pl: Kacykarzyk purpurowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (39479), CA (5456), MX (1365)

## Summary

Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized New World blackbird. It is named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewer%27s_blackbird

## Photo

![Brewer's Blackbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brewer-s-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387292762

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brewer-s-blackbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).