Avibase: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Yellow-headed Blackbird)

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, CLJL 1826)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	John Parker	2025-04-19	, Gallatin (United States)	-	634087318 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Steve Hampton	2020-04-18	Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Yolo County, CA, Yolo (United States) (0 m)	call, female - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	580704 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Tristan Semeniuk	2020-05-19	Albert McGowan Park, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, Thompson-Nicola (Canada)	-	414641951 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Susan and Andy Gower/Karassowitsch	2021-07-23	5313–5365 Tatton Station Rd, 100 Mile House CA-BC 51.71357, -121.34862, Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada, Cariboo (Canada)	-	356577371 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Jeffrey Graham	2019-04-25	Buena Vista Rec Area, Kern, California, United States, Kern (United States)	- Adult male advertising.	153901701 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Jody Wells	2022-07-06	, Maple Creek (Canada)	-	470593041 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Richard E. Webster	2014-06-06	Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Phillips Co., Montana, Phillips (United States) (600 m)	call, song - freshwater marsh with reedbeds bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	185516 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Dana Sterner	2026-05-02	, Big Stone (United States)	-	658428891 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Richard E. Webster	2020-03-31	Whitewater Draw WA, near McNeal, Cochise Co, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1200 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - several hundred birds perhaps at a temporary roost in cattails, taking off 10 or 20 at a time and moving to a larger cattail bed to roost; bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	579136 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Sue Riffe	2017-06-03	Carpenter Ranch, Routt County, Colorado, Routt (United States) (2000 m)	song - Natural vocalization from cattails around a small pond. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	381417 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Richard E. Webster	2018-06-15	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, UT, Box Elder (United States) (1300 m)	adult, call, male, song - the primary bird recorded is the neighbor of the previous one recorded; bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	545859 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Jarrod Swackhamer	2020-04-17	Yuma East Wetlands, Yuma, Arizona, Yuma (United States) (40 m)	male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	591822 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Paul Marvin	2013-05-16	Marble Hot Springs Road, Loyalton (in Sierra Valley), CA, Plumas (United States) (1500 m)	call, male, song - in marsh, more Yellow-headed Blackbirds in background bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	153741 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Ed Pandolfino	2019-06-13	Boies reservoir, Elko, Nevada, United States, Elko (United States)	-	164632391 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	David M. Bell	2021-05-05	Kelowna--Robert Lake, Central Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada, Central Okanagan (Canada)	-	394236051 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Thomas G. Graves	2013-06-09	Marble Hot Springs Road, Loyalton, CA, Plumas (United States) (1500 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	149215 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Ed Pandolfino	2019-06-13	Boies Reservior, Elko County, Nevada, Elko (United States) (1800 m)	call, song, vocal and mechanical sounds - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	482272 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Tristan Semeniuk	2020-05-19	Albert McGowan Park, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, Thompson-Nicola (Canada)	-	414636831 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Ed Pandolfino	2025-06-11	Sierrra Valley, Plumas County, California, Plumas (United States) (1500 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1007056 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Bobby Wilcox	2019-06-22	Sheldon NWR--Catnip Reservoir, Washoe, Nevada, United States, Washoe (United States)	-	191680011 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Sam MacTavish	2026-05-04	, Greater Vancouver Area (Canada)	-	657742682 macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Bobby Wilcox	2019-06-22	Catnip Reservoir, Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe (United States) (1800 m)	adult, male, song - About 10m away in cattail marsh on edge of small lake surrounded by sagebrush steppe. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	510669 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Bobby Wilcox	2019-06-22	Catnip Reservoir, Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe (United States) (1800 m)	adult, male, song - About 10m away in cattail marsh on edge of small lake surrounded by sagebrush steppe. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	510668 xeno-canto.org
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus	Wil Hershberger	2018-06-10	, Plumas (United States)	-	539734 macaulaylibrary.org

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