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 Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged blackbird North and much of Central America Agelaius assimilis Red-shouldered blackbird Cuba Agelaius tricolor Tricolored blackbird 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 Tawny-shouldered blackbird Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Cayman Islands Agelaius xanthomus Yellow-shouldered blackbird Puerto Rico
The name Agelaius comes from the Greek , meaning "gregarious".
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