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Tricolored blackbird

Agelaius tricolor

CA: Threatened

Tricolored blackbird; California-listed as threatened

Small red-shouldered blackbird with white belly stripe. Threatened Bay Area endemic breeding in tule marshes; requires extensive native wetland restoration.

Plants that support Tricolored blackbird

1 plants

Common Rush

Juncus patens

high

grass

Emergent vegetation nesting April-June; colonial nester in dense rush stands

Bay Area native