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Agelaius phoeniceus  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179045

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Red-winged Blackbird [English]
  
    carouge ŕ épaulettes [French]
  
    Tordo sargento [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyIcteridae  – American Blackbirds, Orioles, New World Blackbirds  
                               GenusAgelaius Vieillot, 1816 – Red-winged Blackbirds  
                                  SpeciesAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Red-winged Blackbird, carouge ŕ épaulettes, Tordo sargento  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus aciculatus Mailliard, 1915  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus arctolegus Oberholser, 1907  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus arthuralleni Dickerman, 1974  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus brevirostris Monroe, 1963  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus bryanti Ridgway, 1887  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus californicus Nelson, 1897  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus caurinus Ridgway, 1901  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus floridanus Maynard, 1895  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus fortis Ridgway, 1901  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus grinnelli A. B. Howell, 1917  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator (Wagler, 1832)  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus littoralis A. H. Howell & Van Rossem, 1928  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus mailliardorum Van Rossem, 1926  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus mearnsi A. H. Howell & Van Rossem, 1928  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus megapotamus Oberholser, 1919  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus nelsoni Dickerman, 1965  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus neutralis Ridgway, 1901  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus nevadensis Grinnell, 1914  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus nyaritensis Dickey & Van Rossem, 1925  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi Nelson, 1897  
                                     Subspecies Agelaius phoeniceus sonoriensis Ridgway, 1887  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Red-winged Blackbird[English], carouge ŕ épaulettes [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2007), website (version Jul-2007)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "List of the 2,046 Bird Species (With Scientific and English Names) Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-48), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus, Red-winged Blackbird [English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Tordo sargento[Spanish]   
       
  Source: Gill & Wright (2006) corrigenda/updates - 21-Sep-2007, website (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Corrigenda & updates for "BIRDS OF THE WORLD Recommended English Names" available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus, Red-winged Blackbird [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.07.31, website (version 31-Jul-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus, Red-winged Blackbird [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lowther, P. E., R. Fraga, T. S. Schulenberg, and S. M. Lanyon  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural solution for a polyphyletic Agelaius   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 124, no. 3   
  Page(s): 171-177   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-1595   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Agelaius phoeniceus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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