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Molothrus ater artemisiae  Grinnell, 1909
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179114

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyIcteridae  – New World Orioles, New World Blackbirds  
                               GenusMolothrus Swainson, 1832 – Cowbirds  
                                  SpeciesMolothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783) – Vacher à tête brune, chupim-mulato, vaqueiro-de-cabeça-castanha, Tordo cabecipardo, Tordo cabeza café, Brown-headed Cowbird  
                                     SubspeciesMolothrus ater artemisiae Grinnell, 1909  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025])   
  Reference for: Molothrus ater artemisiae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Molothrus ater artemisiae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.07.31, website (version 31-Jul-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Molothrus ater artemisiae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grinnell, Joseph   
  Publication Date: 1909   
  Article/Chapter Title: A New Cowbird of the Genus Molothrus with a Note on the Probable Genetic Relationships of the North American Forms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: University of California Publications in Zoology, vol. 5, no. 5   
  Page(s): 275-281   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29393579   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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