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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):	Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus, 1766
	Common Name(s):	Carouge à épaulettes [French]
		graúna-de-asa-vermelha [Portuguese]
		sargento-d'asa-vermelha [Portuguese]
		Sargento alirrojo [Spanish]
		Tordo sargento [Spanish]
		Red-winged Blackbird [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Family	Icteridae – New World Orioles, New World Blackbirds
	Genus	Agelaius Vieillot, 1816
	Species	Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Carouge à épaulettes, graúna-de-asa-vermelha, sargento-d'asa-vermelha, Sargento alirrojo, Tordo sargento, Red-winged Blackbird
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Agelaius phoeniceus aciculatus Mailliard, 1915
	Subspecies	Agelaius phoeniceus arctolegus Oberholser, 1907
	Subspecies	Agelaius phoeniceus arthuralleni Dickerman, 1974
	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 pallidulus Van Tyne & Trautman, 1946
	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:	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:	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:	Agelaius phoeniceus

	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):	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:	Middle America
		North America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Alaska, Native
		Canada, Native
		Continental US, Native
		Mexico, Native

Comments


	Comment:

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