Agelaius
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 || Age
Species
Red-winged Blackbird
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyIcteridae
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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".