Overview
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American blackbirds are belonging to the genus Agelaius in the New World family Icteridae.
This genus includes 11 species of largely insectivorous grassland birds. The males are typically black with some colorful patches, such as on the shoulders or head. Females are drab and somewhat resemble American sparrows.
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
The genus Agelaius contains:
- Saffron-cowled Blackbird, Agelaius flavus
- Yellow-winged Blackbird, Agelaius thilius
- Pale-eyed Blackbird, Agelaius xanthophthalmus
- Unicolored Blackbird, Agelaius cyanopus
- Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius assimilis
- Tricolored Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Agelaius icterocephalus
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius xanthomus
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Agelaius ruficapillus
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- 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 - Tetrapods
- 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
- Family: Fringillidae
- Buntings, Finches
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Agelaius is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in the Genus Agelaius: 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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