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Icteridae
Sign in to saveIcterids () or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior, and coloration.
OverviewAI-generated
Icteridae is a family of birds within the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Vigors in 1825 and is currently accepted. Common names for the family include oropendolas, orioles, and blackbirds, as well as trupialfamilien. The family is distinct from Icteriidae.
The taxon range is listed as Brazil. Records are held by institutions such as UTEP in the United States. The family has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
oropendolas, orioles & blackbirds
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyIcteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 155
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Icteridae
- Collections
- UTEP
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Relationship to other species
- Characteristics
- Folklore
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- External links
Icterids () or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior, and coloration.
==Etymology== The name, meaning "jaundiced ones" (from the prominent yellow feathers of many species) comes from the - íkteros via the .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Icteridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.