Avibase: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni (Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni))

Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni)

Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni Dickerman, RW 1965

Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
Dickerman, RW 1965

Reference:
Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana St. Univ. 31 p.1

Protonym:
Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni

Type locality:
Lago Coatetelco, Morelos, Mexico.

Link:
https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=opmns

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
BAE6498C5BE16550

Avibase ID:
avibase-BAE6498C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BAE6498C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 729914

Geographic range:

Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni: south-central Mexico (Morelos and adjacent Guerrero to western Puebla and Chiapas)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni)
French:
Carouge à épaulettes (nelsoni)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-winged Blackbird (nelsoni) ( Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni)
Avilist 2025: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Clements, version 2021: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Agelaius phoeniceus [phoeniceus, excl. aciculatus, neutralis]

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