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The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica.
Red-winged blackbird: North and much of Central America Agelaius assimilis: Red-shouldered blackbird: Cuba 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. Agelaius humeralis: Tawny-shouldered blackbird
This is shown in the red-winged blackbird by Pribil and Searcy (2001). Female red-winged blackbirds prefer to mate with males with territories over water and also unmated males. The females were given a choice between unmated males or previously mated males with the superior territories over water.
Rounding out the top 10 are the flashy northern cardinal at No. 6, the gregarious red-winged blackbird at No. 7, the iridescent common grackle at No. 8, the cheeky black-capped chickadee at No. 9 ...
For example, perhaps you live in North America, in which case, you might see a Red-winged Blackbird on a daily basis. If you’re in South America, it wouldn’t be unusual to see an Andean Condor ...
The adult male of the common blackbird (Turdus merula merula, the nominate subspecies), which is found throughout most of Europe, is all black except for a yellow eye-ring and bill and has a rich, melodious song; the adult female and juvenile have mainly dark brown plumage. This species breeds in woods and gardens, building a neat, cup-shaped ...
A red-winged blackbird sings above a marsh in Richland County, Ohio. Cold snaps still arrive despite warmer springs Warmer temperatures are driving changing patterns among the birds and the ...
The red-shouldered blackbird closely resembles the more numerous and widespread red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), but in contrast to phoeniceus, assimilis males and females are closer in relative size, the female is all-black instead of brown-streaked, and paired birds are monogamous. Males are about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length ...