Agelaius
Appearance
Agelaius | |
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A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) while flying | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Agelaius Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Oriolus phoeniceus[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Species | |
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Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged blackbird | North and much of Central America | |
Agelaius assimilis | Red-shouldered blackbird | Cuba | |
Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored blackbird | Pacific coast of North America, from Northern California in the U.S. (with occasional strays into Oregon), to upper Baja California in Mexico. | |
Agelaius humeralis | Tawny-shouldered blackbird | Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands | |
Agelaius xanthomus | Yellow-shouldered blackbird | Puerto Rico |
The name Agelaius comes from the Greek agelaios, meaning "gregarious".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Agelaius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 36]. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.