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Agelaius

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Agelaius Vieillot
1930Agelaius Hay p. 357
1940Agelaius Wetmore p. 75
1956Agelaius Wetmore p. 96
1962Agelaius Wetmore p. 14
1989Agelaius Shoshani et al. p. 436
1992Agelaius Emslie p. 264
2017Agelaius Clements 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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—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

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.

G. Agelaius Vieillot 1816
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Agelaius gubernator Wagler 1832
Agelaius phoeniceus Linnaeus 1766 [red-winged blackbird]
Agelaius tricolor Audubon 1837 [tricolor blackbird]
Agelaius xanthomus Sclater 1862 [yellow-shouldered blackbird]
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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (19753)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) A. sp. (19750)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) A. phoeniceus, A. tricolor (176098)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) A. phoeniceus (152653)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (20350)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) A. phoeniceus (20495)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) A. phoeniceus (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) A. sp. (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) A. phoeniceus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) A. phoeniceus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) A. phoeniceus (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. phoeniceus (123918 176267 236636) A. sp. (190077) A. tricolor (215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico A. xanthomus (192222 231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas A. phoeniceus (194592)