Black Catbird - Region 7
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Observation reviewed from written details
Observation reviewed from written and photographic details
Photo by Nate Rice
Black Catbird - Cameron Co., June 21, 1892. One was collected at or near Brownsville, Cameron on 21 June 1892 (FBA; *Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences #42944). At the annual meeting of the TBRC on 3 March 1990 it was unanimously decided to add Black Catbird to the official Texas list based on the above specimen record. There has been a cloud over the origin of the specimen from time to time (Oberholser 1974). In light of evidence concerning Armstrong's collections, the TBRC decided there was no valid reason to ignore this extant specimen.