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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 ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
The common blackbird was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae as Turdus merula (characterised as T. ater, rostro palpebrisque fulvis). [4] The binomial name derives from two Latin words, turdus, "thrush", and merula, "blackbird", the latter giving rise to its French name, merle, [5] and its Scots name ...
The name, meaning "jaundiced ones" (from the prominent yellow feathers of many species) comes from the Ancient Greek ikteros via the Latin ictericus. This group includes the New World blackbirds, New World orioles , the bobolink , meadowlarks , grackles , cowbirds , oropendolas , and caciques .
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Yellow-shouldered blackbird, an endemic blackbird placed in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species in 1976. 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 ...
It is sexually dimorphic, and the sexes resemble the respective sexes of the larger yellow-headed blackbird of North America, though the male yellow-hooded blackbird lacks white in the wings. In 2007, one was found in the Darien Lowlands of Panama. This was a rare vagrant, most likely from Colombia. [2]
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.