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Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged blackbird) male
Genus species:
   Agelaius phoeniceus
Common name:
   Red-winged blackbird
Genus:
   Agelaius
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)
Genus species:
   Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Common name:
   Bobolink
Genus:
   Dolichonyx
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged blackbird) male
Genus species:
   Agelaius phoeniceus
Common name:
   Red-winged blackbird
Genus:
   Agelaius
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)
Genus species:
   Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Common name:
   Bobolink
Genus:
   Dolichonyx
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged blackbird) male
Genus species:
   Agelaius phoeniceus
Common name:
   Red-winged blackbird
Genus:
   Agelaius
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)
Genus species:
   Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Common name:
   Bobolink
Genus:
   Dolichonyx
Family:
   Icteridae
Suborder:
   -n/a-

Family (Animalia): Icteridae

Icterids (/ˈɪktərɪd/) or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (/ɪkˈtɛrɪdi/), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior, and coloration. 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.

Despite the similar names, the first groups are only distantly related to the Old World common blackbird (a thrush) or the Old World orioles.

The Icteridae are not to be confused with the Icteriidae, a family created in 2017 and consisting of one species — the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens).


Reference: Wikipedia

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