Despite being called “blackbirds,” they are all members of the Icteridae family of common songbirds and are frequently vividly colored. They are categorized as New World Blackbirds in North America to ...

The rusty blackbird’s scientific name is Euphagus carolinus. The genus name, Euphagus (you-fa-gus) means “good to eat.” While few if any modern-day gourmands would contemplate working blackbirds into ...

Idaho has a somewhat surprising 15 species of blackbirds (family Icteridae). There are only 106 species in the family on the entire planet, so that’s not too bad. But five species are accidental ...

An unusual species showed up in East Grand Forks last week. Not rare, exactly. But probably becoming rare. This was the rusty blackbird. Not just one but three of this migrant dropped into Sandy Aubol ...