Yellow-shouldered Blackbird / Agelaius xanthomus
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Icterus xanthomus Cat.Coll.Am.Birds p.131
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Agelaius
Taxonomy Code: yesbla1
Type Locality: Mexico [error = Puerto Rico] .
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
xanthomus
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; ωμος ōmos shoulder.
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (monensis)
SCI Name: Agelaius xanthomus monensis
monensis
Mona I., Puerto Rico.
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird (xanthomus)
SCI Name: Agelaius xanthomus xanthomus
xanthomus
Gr. ξανθος xanthos yellow; ωμος ōmos shoulder.
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)