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The red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighing 40–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz). Males are larger than females. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing epaulets.
When Carl Linnaeus described the eastern meadowlark (the first of the meadowlarks to be scientifically described) in his epic 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758, he thought it was related to the Old World larks, and so put it in the genus Alauda with them. [1] In the same work, he put the red-breasted meadowlark in the bunting genus ...
The larger American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a much larger bird named from its similar colouration to the European robin, but the two birds are not closely related, with the American robin instead belonging to the same genus as the common blackbird (T. merula), a species which occupies much of the same range as the European robin. The ...
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 ...
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.
Yellow-headed 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.
Only the "yellow-breasted" meadowlarks (eastern and western meadowlarks, including Lilian's) remained in the genus Sturnella. The red-breasted and white-browed meadowlarks were moved to the genus Leistes , while the pampas meadowlark, Peruvian meadowlark and long-tailed meadowlark made up the genus Pezites , which was established by Cabanis in ...
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. Sixteen species have been recorded in Nevada.