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Icteridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179030

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): New World Orioles [English]
  
    New World Blackbirds [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 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  – New World Orioles, New World Blackbirds  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAgelaioides Cassin, 1866 – baywings 
                               GenusAgelaius Vieillot, 1816  
                               GenusAgelasticus Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusAmblycercus Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusAmblyramphus Leach, 1814  
                               GenusAnumara Powell, Barker, S. Lanyon, K. J. Burns, Klicka & Lovette, 2014  
                               GenusCacicus Lacépède, 1799 – caciques 
                               GenusCassiculus Swainson, 1827  
                               GenusChrysomus Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusCuraeus P. L. Sclater, 1862  
                               GenusDives Deppe, 1830  
                               GenusDolichonyx Swainson, 1827 – Bobolinks 
                               GenusEuphagus Cassin, 1867  
                               GenusGnorimopsar Richmond, 1908  
                               GenusGymnomystax Reichenbach, 1850  
                               GenusHypopyrrhus Bonaparte, 1850 – grackles 
                               GenusIcterus Brisson, 1760  
                               GenusLampropsar Cabanis, 1847 – grackles 
                               GenusLeistes Vigors, 1825 – meadowlarks 
                               GenusMacroagelaius Cassin, 1866 – grackles 
                               GenusMolothrus Swainson, 1832 – Cowbirds 
                               GenusNesopsar P. L. Sclater, 1859  
                               GenusOreopsar W. L. Sclater, 1939  
                               GenusPsarocolius Wagler, 1827  
                               GenusPseudoleistes P. L. Sclater, 1862  
                               GenusPtiloxena Chapman, 1892  
                               GenusQuiscalus Vieillot, 1816 – grackles 
                               GenusSturnella Vieillot, 1816 – meadowlarks 
                               GenusXanthocephalus Bonaparte, 1850  
                               GenusXanthopsar Ridgway, 1901  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Icteridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025])   
  Reference for: Icteridae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Icteridae   
       
  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: Icteridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Icteridae, New World Blackbirds [English]   
       

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