Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Unicolored Blackbird, Unicoloured Blackbird
Common Names in French:
Carouge Unicolore
Common Names in German:
Einfarbstärling
Description
Family Fringillidae
A Family of seed-eating, small to moderately large passerine birds that have strong , stubby beaks , which in some species can be quite large. They have a bouncing flight, alternating flapping with gliding on closed wings. Most sing well.
Habitat
Vegetation: freshwater marshes • Foraging Strata: Understory/undergrowth • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
- Family:
Fringillidae
()
- Buntings, Finches
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
()
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Family:
Fringillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agelaius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. assimilis (Red-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. assimilis assimilis · A. assimilis subniger · A. cyanopus (Unicoloured Blackbird) · A. cyanopus cyanopus (Unicoloured Blackbird) · A. flavus (Saffron-Cowled Blackbird) · A. frontalis · A. gubernator · A. humeralis (Tawny-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. humeralis humeralis (Tawny-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. humeralis scopulus · A. humeralis xanthomus · A. icterocephalus (Yellow-Hooded Blackbird) · A. icterocephalus bogotensis · A. icterocephalus icterocephalus (Yellow-Hooded Blackbird) · A. icterocephalus ssp · A. phoeniceus (Red-And-Buff-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. phoeniceus aciculatus · A. phoeniceus arctolegus (Red-Winged Blackbird) · A. phoeniceus brevirostris · A. phoeniceus bryanti · A. phoeniceus californicus · A. phoeniceus caurinus · A. phoeniceus cavrinus · A. phoeniceus floridanus · A. phoeniceus fortis · A. phoeniceus grinnelli · A. phoeniceus gubernator · A. phoeniceus littoralis · A. phoeniceus mailliardorum · A. phoeniceus mearnsi · A. phoeniceus megapotamus · A. phoeniceus nelsoni · A. phoeniceus neutralis · A. phoeniceus nevadensis · A. phoeniceus nyaritensis · A. phoeniceus phoeniceus (Red-And-Buff-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. phoeniceus phoenicus · A. phoeniceus richmondi · A. phoeniceus sonoriensis · A. phoenicius · A. phoenicus · A. ruficapillus (Chestnut-Capped Blackbird) · A. ruficapillus ruficapillus (Chestnut-Capped Blackbird) · A. thilius (Yellow-Winged Blackbird) · A. thilius petersii · A. thilius thilius (Yellow-Winged Blackbird) · A. tricolor (Red-And-White-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. xanthocephalus · A. xanthomus (Yellow-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. xanthomus monensis · A. xanthomus xanthomus (Yellow-Shouldered Blackbird) · A. xanthophthalmus (Yellow-Eyed Blackbird)
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Further Reading
- A contribution to the ornithology of northeastern Brazil, by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago, 1929. ENG url p. 274.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 381, p. 435.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 318, p. 94.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1937. ENG url p. 173, p. 179, p. 181.
- Contents and index to volume 12, numbers 1 to 19, Zoological series / Wilfred H. Osgood. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1929. ENG url p. 503.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 13, p. 643.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 185.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 12.
- The birds of Chile, by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1932. ENG url p. 100.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850971
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558468
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558468
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128824
