Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis] (Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird)

Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird

Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis] (= Agelaius phoeniceus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Icteridae
Genus:
   Agelaius
Scientific:
  Agelaius phoeniceus

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
O[riolus] phoeniceus

Type locality:
'in America septentrionali' ; Charleston, South Carolina, designated by Howell and van Rossem, 1928, Auk, 45, p. 157.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/165/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
6FB34E54B26AD0BA

Avibase ID:
avibase-6FB34E54

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6FB34E54

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179045

Geographic range:

Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus: southeastern Canada to Texas and southeastern USA
Agelaius phoeniceus arctolegus: southeastern Alaska and Yukon to north-central USA; winters to south-central USA
Agelaius phoeniceus fortis: Montana to southeastern New Mexico (east of Rocky Mountains); winters to Texas
Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis: southeastern British Columbia to Idaho, southeastern California, and southern Nevada; winters to southern Arizona
Agelaius phoeniceus caurinus: coastal southwestern British Columbia to northwestern California; winters to central California
Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis: southeastern California to northeastern Baja California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and northwestern Mexico
Agelaius phoeniceus nyaritensis: coastal plains of southwestern Mexico (Nayarit)
Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni: south-central Mexico (Morelos and adjacent Guerrero to western Puebla and Chiapas)
Agelaius phoeniceus arthuralleni: northern Guatemala
Agelaius phoeniceus grinnelli: Pacific slope of western Guatemala to northwestern Costa Rica (Guanacaste)
Agelaius phoeniceus littoralis: Gulf Coast of southeastern Texas to northwestern Florida
Agelaius phoeniceus mearnsi: far southeastern Georgia and northern Florida
Agelaius phoeniceus floridanus: southern Florida (Everglades to Key West)
Agelaius phoeniceus megapotamus: central Texas and lower Río Grande Valley to eastern Mexico (northern Veracruz)
Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi {richmondi or grandis}: Caribbean slope of Mexico (southern Veracruz) to Belize and northern Guatemala
Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi (matudae): tropical southeastern Mexico
Agelaius phoeniceus pallidulus: southeastern Mexico (northern Yucatán Peninsula)
Agelaius phoeniceus brevirostris: Caribbean slope of Honduras and southeastern Nicaragua
Agelaius phoeniceus bryanti: northwestern Bahamas
Agelaius phoeniceus aciculatus: mountains of south-central California (east-central Kern County)
Agelaius phoeniceus neutralis: coastal southern California (San Luis Obispo County) to northwestern Baja
Agelaius phoeniceus californicus: Central Valley of California
Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum: coastal central California
Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator: Mexican Plateau (Durango to Zacatecas, México, and Tlaxcala)
Agelaius assimilis: marshes of western and central Cuba and Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird
French:
Carouge à épaulettes ou C. de Cuba

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Red-wing ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Redwinged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Redwinged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Redwinged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-winged or Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Carouge à épaulettes ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Agelaius phoeniceus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Agelaius phoeniceus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Agelaius phoeniceus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-winged Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3

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▼Agelaius [phoeniceus or assimilis]
- ▼Agelaius phoeniceus
- ▼Agelaius assimilis
  - Agelaius assimilis assimilis
  - Agelaius assimilis subniger

Other synonyms