Talk:Unicolored blackbird

A fact from Unicolored blackbird appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 August 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the unicoloured, pale-eyed, and chestnut-capped blackbirds are all found in marshy areas of South America?

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When I first encountered this article, I was confused as to why a bird named the "Unicoloured Blackbird" was accompanied by a photograph showing a multicolored yellow and brown bird. I did a little research and found that females of the species have this coloring, while the males actually have all black plumage as the name would suggest. I added this information to the article itself. I also looked for an image, and found an illustration in Wikimedia Commons of both the male and the female (which I added as best I could to such a short article). I think this article would be improved if there was a photo of the male to go along with that of the female, but I haven't been able to find one yet with the proper copyright. Ritabuuk (talk) 03:01, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]