Family Icteridae Vigors 1825 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Alternative spelling: Icterinae

Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Alvarez 1977, Emslie 1992, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Parmalee 1992, Shoshani et al. 1989, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae

Subtaxa: Agelaius Cassidix Chrysomus Cremaster Dolichonyx Euphagus Gymnomystax Icterini Icterus Megaquiscalus Molothrus Pandanaris Pyelorhamphus Quiscalus Scolecophagus Sturnella Xanthocephalus

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Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (5 collections), Cayman Islands (1), Mexico (4), Montserrat (1), United States (35: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 48 collections including 106 occurrences

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