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Agelaius
Sign in to saveAgelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Agelaius phoeniceus|| Red-winged blackbird || North and much of Central America |- |120px || Agelaius assimilis|| Red-shouldered blackbird || Cuba |- |120px || 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. |- |120px || Age
Species
Red-winged Blackbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyIcteridae
Agelaius es un género de aves paseriformes provenientes del continente americano, de la familia Icteridae. Las especies de este género son de hábitos alimenticios principalmente insectívoros, y habitan zonas de pastizales. Los machos son típicamente negros, con algunas manchas de otro color en los hombros o la cabeza. Las hembras son de tonos menos vistosos y recuerdan a los miembros del género Emberizidae, aves que se conocen en inglés como American sparrows (‘gorriones americanos’). Tradicionalmente, el género Agelaius incluía 11 especies, dentro de las cuales se incluían las siguientes 6: Agelaius flavus (ahora Xanthopsar flavus). Agelaius thilius (ahora Agelasticus thilius). Agelaius xanthophthalmus (ahora Agelasticus xanthophthalmus). Agelaius cyanopus (ahora Agelasticus cyanopus). Agelaius icterocephalus (ahora Chrysomus icterocephalus). Agelaius ruficapillus (ahora Chrysomus ruficapillus). A pesar de esto, según la última clasificación de aves del Congreso Ornitológico Internacional (2010) solamente deben incluirse las siguientes 5 especies en este género: Agelaius assimilis (Lembeye, 1850). Llamado mayito de ciénaga, chirriador o totí de ciénaga en Cuba. Agelaius humeral
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 168
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Icteridae
- Collections
- SDNHM, CM, USNM, UNR, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, KU
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil, Mexico
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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: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || Agelaius phoeniceus|| Red-winged blackbird || North and much of Central America |- |120px || Agelaius assimilis|| Red-shouldered blackbird || Cuba |- |120px || 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. |- |120px || Agelaius humeralis|| Tawny-shouldered blackbird || Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands |- |120px || Agelaius xanthomus|| Yellow-shouldered blackbird || Puerto Rico |- |}
The name Agelaius comes from the Greek '''', meaning "gregarious".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agelaius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.