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Icterini

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Animalia.

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Taxonomy

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The Tribe Icterini is a member of the Subfamily Emberizinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Icterini:

The Tribe Icterini is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Agelaius

American blackbirds are belonging to the genus Agelaius in the New World family Icteridae. [more]

Amblycercus

The Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus) is a species of in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus. [more]

Amblyramphus

The Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Amblyramphus holosericeus, is an bird of southern South American wetlands. [more]

Cacicus

The caciques are birds in the New World blackbird family. Members of the family are resident breeders in tropical South America and north to Mexico. All of the group are in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), which constitutes a monotypic genus. Judging from mtDNA cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence (Price & Lanyon 2002), the aberrant oropendolas Band-tailed Oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) and Casqued Oropendola, Psarocolius oseryi (Ocyalus oseryi?) seem to be closer to the caciques. [more]

Curaeus

Curaeus is a genus of in the Icteridae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Dives

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Dolichonyx

The Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is a small and the only member of genus Dolichonyx. [more]

Euphagus

Euphagus is a small genus of . It contains two North American species, the Brewer's Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, and the Rusty Blackbird E. carolinus. Both species are migratory, wintering in the southern United States and Mexico, although some Brewer's Blackbirds are present all year in the western USA. [more]

Gnorimopsar

The Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi) is a species of in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Gnorimopsar. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. [more]

Gymnomystax

The Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) is a species of in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. [more]

Gymnostinops

The oropendolas comprise two or three genera of and Central American passerine birds in the New World blackbird family. [more]

Hypopyrrhus

The Red-bellied Grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster) is a species of in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Hypopyrrhus, is monotypic. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [more]

Lampropsar

The Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) is a species of in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Lampropsar. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest. [more]

Leistes

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Macroagelaius

Macroagelaius is a genus of in the Icteridae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Molothrus

Cowbirds are belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are brood parasitic New World birds which are unrelated to the Old World cuckoos, one of which, the Common Cuckoo is the best-known brood parasitic bird. [more]

Nesopsar

The Jamaican Blackbird (Nesopsar nigerrimus) is a species of in the New World blackbird and oriole family Icteridae. It is the only species (monotypic) in the genus Nesopsar. The species has sometimes been included in the genus Agelaius, but molecular systematics have shown it not be closely related to any living blackbird or grackle. The species is endemic to Jamaica, where it is restricted to Cockpit Country, some central areas and the Blue and John Crow Mountains. [more]

Ocyalus

The Band-tailed Oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) is a species of in the Icteridae family. It is in the genus Ocyalus, usually considered monotypic, though the Casqued Oropendola might also be included herein. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. [more]

Oreopsar

The Bolivian Blackbird (Oreopsar bolivianus) is a species of in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsar. It is endemic to Bolivia. [more]

Psarocolius

The oropendolas comprise two or three genera of and Central American passerine birds in the New World blackbird family. [more]

Pseudoleistes

The marshbirds, Pseudoleistes, is a small of icterids (family Icteridae). It includes the following species: [more]

Quiscalus

The genus Quiscalus contains six of the ten species of grackle, gregarious passerine birds in the Icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The six species are: [more]

Scaphidura

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Sturnella

Meadowlarks are belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae. [more]

Xanthocephalus

The Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, is a medium-sized , and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus. [more]

At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xanthocephalus.

More info about the Genus Xanthocephalus may be found here.

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Last Revised: November 20, 2008