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  • The females are so tricky and look just like sparrows, it really throws me off too. I can’t think of another instance where a common bird has such huge sexual dimorphism.

    It’s an interesting problem in bird names. Many species have eponymous names, where they’re named after somebody who put them into a book. With those you’re stuck with situations like “what does a Wilson’s Warbler look like?”, where it would be so much easier if they were called a “black-capped yellow warbler. But then you have the same problem as the Red-winged blackbird where the name really throws you off for the female, and it might be better if they were called something like “marsh blackbird”.