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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
Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Birds have an added type of cone that allows them to see ultraviolet light. In addition to seeing a broader spectrum of colors, birds can also detect finer differences between them.
The brown pelican is the state bird of Louisiana. This list of birds of Louisiana includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as accepted by the Louisiana Bird Records Committee (LBRC) of the Louisiana Ornithological Society. [1]
Jamaican blackbird: Nesopsar nigerrimus (Osburn, 1859) 65 Yellow-shouldered blackbird: Agelaius xanthomus (Sclater, PL, 1862) 66 Tawny-shouldered blackbird: Agelaius humeralis (Vigors, 1827) 67 Tricolored blackbird: Agelaius tricolor (Audubon, 1837) 68 Red-winged blackbird: Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) 69 Red-shouldered blackbird ...
Some species of icterid have become agricultural pests; for example, red-winged blackbirds in the United States are considered the worst vertebrate pests on some crops, such as rice. [6] The cost of controlling blackbirds in California was $30 per acre in 1994.
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.