Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Male Red-winged Blackbird photograph by Robert Shantz near Near Willcox, Arizona on July 4, 2005.
As in riparian/marshy habitats across North America, Red-winged Blackbirds are common in suitable habitat in the Sonoran Desert. Agricultural areas are also a preferred foraging area but also along permanent rivers, especially in winter; find them attracted in huge numbers to flooded, irrigated fields. Females are brown-streaked and lack red wing patches.