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Agelaius xanthomus (yellow-shouldered blackbird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Taxonomy
Icterus xanthomus was named by Sclater (1862). It is extant.

It was recombined as Agelaius xanthomus by Wetmore (1922).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2025-07-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-07-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Icterus xanthomus Sclater
1922Agelaius xanthomus Wetmore p. 330

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyIcteridaeVigors 1825
genusAgelaiusVieillot 1816
speciesxanthomus(Sclater 1862)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Agelaius xanthomus Sclater 1862 [yellow-shouldered blackbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available