Tordo Cabecipardo
Photo © cello caruso-turiello
Photo © cello caruso-turiello — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #656878277El tordo cabecicafé (Molothrus ater), también conocido como tordo cabecipardo, tordo negro, tordo negro común, tordo cabeza marrón, tordo cabeza café, tordo cuco, vaquero cabecicafé, vaquero de cabeza castaña o boyero negro, es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Icteridae propia de América del Norte. Es un pájaro de hábitos parcialmente migratorios que habita en las regiones norteamericanas de clima templado y subtropical. Es sedentario en las regiones australes de su área de distribución, mientras que las aves del norte, en cambio, migran al sur de los Estados Unidos y a México en invierno y regresan a su hábitat de verano en marzo o abril. Se trata de una especie abundante y ampliamente distribuida, de comportamiento gregario, que se alimenta fundamentalmente de semillas y artrópodos.
Exhibe un marcado dimorfismo sexual, y es conocido por ser el parásito de puesta más común de América del norte, depositando sus huevos en nidos de más de 220 especies de aves, reduciendo el éxito reproductivo y amenazando la supervivencia de algunas de ellas. A pesar de compartir esta particular estrategia reproductiva con muchas especies de cucos, no está emparentado con ellos, sino que se trata de un caso de convergencia evolutiva.
Antes del asentamiento europeo, el tordo cabecicafé seguía las manadas de bisontes (Bison bison) a través de las Grandes Llanuras, y quizá también al antílope americano (Antilocapra americana) y al uapití (Cervus canadensis). El parasitismo de puesta complementaba este estilo de vida nómade. Su número creció con la creación de nuevos hábitats abiertos por parte de los colonizadores. Invadió los estados a orillas de los Grandes Lagos y el noreste de Estados Unidos durante el siglo XIX. También se diseminó hacia el oeste, llegando a California. En la actualidad, es posible verlos alimentándose en comederos para aves en áreas suburbanas.
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+122 aves+30 mamíferos
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