Red-winged Blackbird / Agelaius phoeniceus
Red-winged Blackbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: O.[riolus] phoeniceus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.161
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Agelaius
Taxonomy Code: rewbla
Type Locality: 'in America septentrionali'' ; Charleston, South Carolina, designated by Howell and van Rossem, 1928, Auk, 45, p. 157.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Red-winged Blackbird A. phoeniceus) Gr. αγελαιος agelaios gregarious < αγελη agelē herd < αγω agō to lead; "77. TROUPIALE, Agelaius. Oriolus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec épais à la base, convexe en dessus, entier, robuste, longicône, droit, à bords droits, ou fléchis en dedans, acuminé; mandibule supérieure prolongée en pointe sur le front, quelquefois concave à la base, près du capistrum. 3 sections. Esp. Troupiale commandeur. — De Cayenne. — Cap-More, Buff. ... Agelaius [αγελαιος, gregarius]." (Vieillot 1816); "Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 33. Type, by original designation, "Troupiale Commandeur" of Buffon = Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 167).
Var. Agelaeus, Ageloeus.
Synon. Emberizoides, Melanophantes, Xanthornus.
phoeniceum / phoeniceus
Gr. φοινικεος phoinikeos crimson, red, dark-red, purple.
● ex “Red-wing’d Starling” of Catesby 1731, and Albin 1731 (Agelaius).
SUBSPECIES
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
SCI Name: Agelaius phoeniceus [phoeniceus Group]
AGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Red-winged Blackbird A. phoeniceus) Gr. αγελαιος agelaios gregarious < αγελη agelē herd < αγω agō to lead; "77. TROUPIALE, Agelaius. Oriolus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec épais à la base, convexe en dessus, entier, robuste, longicône, droit, à bords droits, ou fléchis en dedans, acuminé; mandibule supérieure prolongée en pointe sur le front, quelquefois concave à la base, près du capistrum. 3 sections. Esp. Troupiale commandeur. — De Cayenne. — Cap-More, Buff. ... Agelaius [αγελαιος, gregarius]." (Vieillot 1816); "Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 33. Type, by original designation, "Troupiale Commandeur" of Buffon = Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 167).
Var. Agelaeus, Ageloeus.
Synon. Emberizoides, Melanophantes, Xanthornus.
Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
SCI Name: Agelaius phoeniceus californicus/mailliardorum
AGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Red-winged Blackbird A. phoeniceus) Gr. αγελαιος agelaios gregarious < αγελη agelē herd < αγω agō to lead; "77. TROUPIALE, Agelaius. Oriolus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec épais à la base, convexe en dessus, entier, robuste, longicône, droit, à bords droits, ou fléchis en dedans, acuminé; mandibule supérieure prolongée en pointe sur le front, quelquefois concave à la base, près du capistrum. 3 sections. Esp. Troupiale commandeur. — De Cayenne. — Cap-More, Buff. ... Agelaius [αγελαιος, gregarius]." (Vieillot 1816); "Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 33. Type, by original designation, "Troupiale Commandeur" of Buffon = Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 167).
Var. Agelaeus, Ageloeus.
Synon. Emberizoides, Melanophantes, Xanthornus.
Red-winged Blackbird (Mexican Bicolored)
SCI Name: Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator
gubernator
L. gubernator, gubernatoris governor < gubernare to direct.
● Spanish name Comendador commander, for the Red-winged Blackbird in Mexico; ex "Acolchichi" of Hernandez 1651 < Nahuatl Acolchichiltic red-shoulder (subsp. Agelaius phoeniceus).
● Emin Pasha (1840-1892) Gov. of Equatorial Province, Egyptian Sudan 1878-1889 (Lanius).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)