Anguilla,Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominica,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Grenada,Guyana,Haiti,Jamaica(I),Netherlands Antilles,Panama, Paraguay,Peru,Puerto Rico,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Uruguay,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
minimus
s Florida (se USA), West Indies, the Guianas and n Brazil
Widespread and common in open areas and near livestock. Cowbirds lay eggs in the nests of other species such as sparrows. The female ranges in color from almost black to grey and light brown across its large range.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
