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title: "Starzyk wielki"
description: "Molothrus oryzivorus — Ptaki. The giant cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/giant-cowbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Starzyk wielki

> Molothrus oryzivorus — Ptaki. The giant cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.

- Scientific name: *Molothrus oryzivorus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2332
- Wikidata: [Q1589673](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589673)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54979](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54979)

## Names

- en: Giant Cowbird
- de: Riesenkuhstärling
- es: Tordo gigante
- fr: Vacher géant
- nl: Grote koevogel
- pt: Iraúna-grande
- pl: Starzyk wielki

## Countries with the most observations

BR (657), CO (291), AR (184), EC (162), PA (130), CR (125), PE (120), HN (74), BO (70), MX (65), GF (56), TT (41)

## Summary

The giant cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It may have relatively recently colonised the latter island. It is a brood parasite and lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_cowbird

## Photo

![Starzyk wielki](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-cowbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148252734

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-cowbird?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).