New World Blackbirds and Orioles
Icteridae
Icterids make up a family (Icteridae) of small- to medium-sized, often colorful, New-World passerine birds. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. The family varies widely in size, shape, behavior and coloration. The name, meaning "jaundiced ones" (from the prominent yellow feathers of many species) comes from the Ancient Greek ikteros via the Latin ictericus. This group includes the New World blackbirds, New World orioles, the bobolink,...
31 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 105 known species
Typical Grackles
genusQuiscalus
Agelaius Blackbirds
genusAgelaius
New World Orioles
genusIcterus
Cowbirds
genusMolothrus
Rusty and Brewer's Blackbirds
genusEuphagus
Yellow-breasted Meadowlarks
genusSturnella
Yellow-headed Blackbirds
genusXanthocephalus
Oropendolas
genusPsarocolius
Bobolinks
genusDolichonyx
Red-breasted Meadowlarks
genusLeistes
Typical Caciques
genusCacicus
Melodious and Scrub Blackbirds
genusDives
Baywings
genusAgelaioides
Chestnut-capped and Yellow-hooded Blackbirds
genusChrysomus
Agelasticus Blackbirds
genusAgelasticus
Yellow-winged Caciques
genusCassiculus
Marshbirds
genusPseudoleistes
Austral Blackbirds
genusCuraeus
Chopí Blackbirds
genusGnorimopsar
Oriole Blackbirds
genusGymnomystax
Scarlet-headed Blackbirds
genusAmblyramphus
Red-bellied Grackles
genusHypopyrrhus
Yellow-billed Caciques
genusAmblycercus
Cuban Blackbirds
genusPtiloxena
Saffron-cowled Blackbirds
genusXanthopsar
Velvet-fronted Grackles
genusLampropsar
Mountain Grackles
genusMacroagelaius
Bolivian Blackbirds
genusOreopsar
Jamaican Blackbirds
genusNesopsar
Forbes's Blackbirds
genusAnumara
Euphagus × Quiscalus
genushybridEuphagus × Quiscalus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11989.