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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 World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Fourteen species have been recorded in Illinois.
The yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) is a medium-sized blackbird with a yellow head. It is the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus . Their scientific name derives from the Greek word for yellow, xanthous , and the word for head, cephalus .
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
Flocks of black birds have been spotted in backyards and parks over the past few weeks in the Triangle, causing many of us to do a double take when we leave our homes or pass a large, grassy field.
The lake and neighboring wetlands provide nesting sites for the endangered black-crowned night heron, little blue heron, yellow-crowned night heron and yellow-headed blackbird. Native Trumpeter (Cygnus buccinator) and Tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) and non-native Mute swans (Cygnus olor) may all be found on the lake in winter. [11]
Austral blackbird: Curaeus curaeus (Molina, 1782) 94 Scarlet-headed blackbird: Amblyramphus holosericeus (Scopoli, 1786) 95 Forbes's blackbird: Anumara forbesi (Sclater, PL, 1886) 96 Chopi blackbird: Gnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot, 1819) 97 Bolivian blackbird: Oreopsar bolivianus Sclater, WL, 1939: 98 Greyish baywing: Agelaioides badius (Vieillot ...
Yellow-headed blackbird. 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 World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
The cost of controlling blackbirds in California was $30 per acre in 1994. Not all species have been as successful, and a number of species are threatened with extinction. These include insular forms such as the Jamaican blackbird, yellow-shouldered blackbird , and St Lucia oriole , all threatened by habitat loss; and the tricolored blackbird ...