Agelaius
A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) while flying
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Agelaius
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Oriolus phoeniceus[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
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
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]

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References

  1. ^ "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Agelaius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 36]. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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