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Agelaius
Agelaius \Agelaius\ prop. n. A genus of birds including the red-winged blackbirds.
Syn: genus Agelaius.
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Agelaius
Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species:
- Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius assimilis
- Tricolored blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
- Tawny-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird, Agelaius xanthomus
The name Agelaius comes from the Greek agelaios, meaning "gregarious".