Agelaius is a genus of blackbirds in the New World family Icteridae. Established by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, it contains five species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Agelaius phoeniceus | North and much of Central America | ||
Agelaius assimilis | Cuba | ||
Agelaius tricolor | Pacific coast of North America, from Northern California in the U.S. (with occasional strays into Oregon), to upper Baja California in Mexico. | ||
Agelaius humeralis | Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands | ||
Agelaius xanthomus | Puerto Rico | ||
The name Agelaius comes from the Greek , meaning "gregarious".