New World blackbird
The New World blackbirds consist of 26 species of icterid birds that share the name blackbird but do not correspond with a formal taxon. The distributions of all species are limited to the Americas, and this group is distinct from the Eurasian common blackbird.Species
The New World blackbird species belong to 14 genera, all in the family Icteridae:
- Agelaioides
- Agelaius
- Agelasticus
- Amblyramphus
- Chrysomus
- Curaeus
- Dives
- Euphagus
- Gnorimopsar
- Gymnomystax
- Nesopsar
- Sturnella
- Xanthocephalus
- Xanthopsar
The common names are:
- Austral blackbird
- Bolivian blackbird
- Brewer's blackbird
- Chestnut-capped blackbird
- Chopi blackbird
- Cuban blackbird
- Forbes's blackbird
- Jamaican blackbird
- Melodious blackbird
- Oriole blackbird
- Pale-eyed blackbird
- Red-breasted meadowlark
- Red-shouldered blackbird
- Red-winged blackbird
- Rusty blackbird
- Saffron-cowled blackbird
- Scarlet-headed blackbird
- Scrub blackbird
- Tawny-shouldered blackbird
- Tricolored blackbird
- Unicolored blackbird
- White-browed meadowlark
- Yellow-headed blackbird
- Yellow-hooded blackbird
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Yellow-winged blackbird
