Agelaius
Genus of birds
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Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged blackbird | North and much of Central America |
_Agelaius_assimilis_(cropped).jpg) | Agelaius assimilis | Red-shouldered blackbird | Cuba |
 | Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored blackbird | Pacific coast of North America, from Northern California in the U.S. (with occasional strays into Oregon), to upper Baja California in Mexico. |
 | Agelaius humeralis | Tawny-shouldered blackbird | Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands |
 | Agelaius xanthomus | Yellow-shouldered blackbird | Puerto Rico |
| Agelaius | |
|---|---|
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| A male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) while flying | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Agelaius Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Oriolus phoeniceus[1] Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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The name Agelaius comes from the Greek agelaios, meaning "gregarious".[3]
