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Agelaius tricolor (Tricolored Blackbird)

Synonyms: Icterus tricolor (homotypic)
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae. Its range is limited to the coastal areas of the Pacific coast of North America, from Northern California in the U.S. (with occasional strays into Oregon), to upper Baja California in Mexico. This highly social and gregarious bird forms the largest colonies of any North American landbird, with a single breeding colony often consisting of tens of thousands of birds. Despite the similar names, this bird is not related to the Old World common blackbird, which is a thrush (Turdidae).
View Wikipedia Record: Agelaius tricolor

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Agelaius tricolor

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.79771
EDGE Score: 3.83691
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  58 grams
Birth Weight [3]  3 grams
Female Weight [1]  49 grams
Male Weight [1]  68 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  38.8 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Freshwater marshes, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Western U.S.
Wintering Habitat [2]  Freshwater marshes, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  30 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [1]  12 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  300,000
Incubation [3]  11 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display
Mating System [6]  Polygyny
Maximum Longevity [3]  13 years
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Male Maturity [1]  2 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
San Pasqual Valley USA A1
Santa Ana River Valley USA A1
Santa Clara River Valley USA A1

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
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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