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Agelaius (red-winged blackbirds)

Synonyms: Agelaeus; Agilaius

Wikipedia Abstract

Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species: \n* Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus \n* Red-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius assimilis \n* Tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor \n* Tawny-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius humeralis \n* Yellow-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius xanthomus The name Agelaius comes from the Greek agelaios, meaning "gregarious".
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Species

Agelaius assimilis (Red-shouldered Blackbird) (Attributes)
Agelaius humeralis (Tawny-shouldered Blackbird) (Attributes)
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird) (Attributes)
Agelaius spec
Agelaius tricolor (Tricolored Blackbird) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Agelaius xanthomus (Yellow-shouldered Blackbird) (Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0