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, Hay 1930, 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, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, 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
Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (5 collections), Cayman Islands (1), Mexico (4), Montserrat (1), United States (40: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 53 collections including 112 occurrences