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Agelaius phoeniceus (red-winged blackbird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Taxonomy
Oriolus phoeniceus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. It is the type species of Agelaius.

It was recombined as Agelaius phoeniceus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Emslie (1992), Guthrie (2010), Oswald and Steadman (2011), Clements et al. (2017), Steadman et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus
1930Agelaius phoeniceus Hay p. 357
1931Agelaius phoeniceus Wetmore p. 41
1940Agelaius phoeniceus Wetmore p. 75
1956Agelaius phoeniceus Wetmore p. 96
1962Agelaius phoeniceus Wetmore p. 14
1992Agelaius phoeniceus Emslie p. 264
2010Agelaius phoeniceus Guthrie p. 6
2011Agelaius phoeniceus Oswald and Steadman p. 58
2017Agelaius phoeniceus Clements et al.
2018Agelaius phoeniceus Steadman et al.

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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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyIcteridaeVigors 1825
genusAgelaiusVieillot 1816
speciesphoeniceus(Linnaeus 1766)

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 phoeniceus Linnaeus 1766 [red-winged blackbird]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: frugivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:48:48
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:48:48
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (19753)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Agelaius phoeniceus (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (20350)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Agelaius phoeniceus (152653)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Agelaius phoeniceus (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Agelaius phoeniceus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Agelaius phoeniceus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Agelaius phoeniceus (123918 176267 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Agelaius phoeniceus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Agelaius phoeniceus (82258 103991 104697)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Agelaius phoeniceus (194592)