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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
One species is classed as hypothetical. Birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free, are not included. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society ...
Icterids (/ ˈ ɪ k t ər ɪ d /) or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (/ ɪ k ˈ t ɛr ɪ d i /), 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 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.
It was previously considered a subspecies of red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). [2] [7] [4] Differences in their behavior suggested to biologists that it could be a different species; More recently this was confirmed through molecular techniques and it appears that the red-shouldered and red-winged blackbirds constitute the closest relative of each other.
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Red-winged blackbird. Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae. The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.