Agelaius

Agelaius
A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) while flying
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Agelaius Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Oriolus phoeniceus [1] Linnaeus, 1766
Species
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Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species: ^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Agelaius phoeniceus	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	Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands
	Agelaius xanthomus	Yellow-shouldered blackbird	Puerto Rico

The name Agelaius comes from the Greek agelaios, meaning "gregarious". ^[3]

References

1. "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. "ITIS Report: Agelaius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 36]. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.