The avian family Icteridae is variously called icterids, troupials and allies, or oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds by taxonomic authorities. The family comprise the New World blackbirds, New World orioles, grackles, cowbirds, oropendolas, and several smaller groups. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 108 species distributed among 30 genera, 14 of which have only one species. One extinct species, the slender-billed grackle, is included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequenceImageYellow-headed blackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, 1826)1BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)2Western meadowlarkSturnella neglecta Audubon, 18443Eastern meadowlarkSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)4Chihuahuan meadowlarkSturnella lilianae Oberholser, 19305Red-breasted meadowlarkLeistes militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)6White-browed meadowlarkLeistes superciliaris (Bonaparte, 1850)7Peruvian meadowlarkLeistes bellicosus (de Filippi, 1847)8Long-tailed meadowlarkLeistes loyca (Molina, 1782)9Pampas meadowlarkLeistes defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850)10Yellow-billed caciqueAmblycercus holosericeus (Deppe, 1830)11Mexican caciqueCassiculus melanicterus (Bonaparte, 1825)12Chestnut-headed oropendolaPsarocolius wagleri (Gray, GR, 1844)13Russet-backed oropendolaPsarocolius angustifrons (Spix, 1824)14 Dusky-green oropendolaPsarocolius atrovirens (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)15Crested oropendolaPsarocolius decumanus (Pallas, 1769)16Green oropendolaPsarocolius viridis (Müller, PLS, 1776)17Olive oropendolaPsarocolius bifasciatus (Spix, 1824)18Montezuma oropendolaPsarocolius montezuma (Lesson, RP, 1830)19Black oropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinus (Bonaparte, 1853)20Baudo oropendolaPsarocolius cassini (Richmond, 1898)21Solitary caciqueCacicus solitarius Vieillot, 181622Golden-winged caciqueCacicus chrysopterus (Vigors, 1825)23Selva caciqueCacicus koepckeae Lowery & O'Neill, 196524Ecuadorian caciqueCacicus sclateri (Dubois, AJC, 1887)25Yellow-rumped caciqueCacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758)26Scarlet-rumped caciqueCacicus microrhynchus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1865)27Subtropical caciqueCacicus uropygialis Lafresnaye, 184328Mountain caciqueCacicus chrysonotus d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 183829Band-tailed caciqueCacicus latirostris Swainson, 183830Casqued caciqueCacicus oseryi Deville, 184931Red-rumped caciqueCacicus haemorrhous (Linnaeus, 1766)32Scott's orioleIcterus parisorum Bonaparte, 183833Yellow-backed orioleIcterus chrysater (Lesson, RP, 1844)34Audubon's orioleIcterus graduacauda Lesson, RP, 183935Jamaican orioleIcterus leucopteryx (Wagler, 1827)36Orange orioleIcterus auratus Bonaparte, 185037Altamira orioleIcterus gularis (Wagler, 1829)38Yellow orioleIcterus nigrogularis (Hahn, 1819)39Bullock's orioleIcterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827)40Streak-backed orioleIcterus pustulatus (Wagler, 1829)41Black-backed orioleIcterus abeillei (Lesson, RP, 1839)42Baltimore orioleIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)43Yellow-tailed orioleIcterus mesomelas (Wagler, 1829)44Spot-breasted orioleIcterus pectoralis (Wagler, 1829)45White-edged orioleIcterus graceannae Cassin, 186746Campo troupialIcterus jamacaii (Gmelin, JF, 1788)47Venezuelan troupialIcterus icterus (Linnaeus, 1766)48Orange-backed troupialIcterus croconotus (Wagler, 1829)49Bar-winged orioleIcterus maculialatus Cassin, 184850Black-vented orioleIcterus wagleri Sclater, PL, 185751Hooded orioleIcterus cucullatus Swainson, 182752Black-cowled orioleIcterus prosthemelas (Strickland, 1850)53Orchard orioleIcterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766)54Cuban orioleIcterus melanopsis (Wagler, 1829)55Bahama orioleIcterus northropi Allen, JA, 189056Martinique orioleIcterus bonana (Linnaeus, 1766)57Puerto Rican orioleIcterus portoricensis Bryant, H, 186658Montserrat orioleIcterus oberi Lawrence, 188059St. Lucia orioleIcterus laudabilis Sclater, PL, 187160Hispaniolan orioleIcterus dominicensis (Linnaeus, 1766)61Orange-crowned orioleIcterus auricapillus Cassin, 184862Variable orioleIcterus pyrrhopterus (Vieillot, 1819)63Epaulet orioleIcterus cayanensis (Linnaeus, 1766)64Jamaican blackbirdNesopsar nigerrimus (Osburn, 1859)65Yellow-shouldered blackbirdAgelaius xanthomus (Sclater, PL, 1862)66Tawny-shouldered blackbirdAgelaius humeralis (Vigors, 1827)67Tricolored blackbirdAgelaius tricolor (Audubon, 1837)68Red-winged blackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)69Red-shouldered blackbirdAgelaius assimilis Lembeye, 185070Screaming cowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris Cassin, 186671Giant cowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)72Shiny cowbirdMolothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)73Bronzed cowbirdMolothrus aeneus (Wagler, 1829)74Bronze-brown cowbirdMolothrus armenti Cabanis, 185175Brown-headed cowbirdMolothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783)76Scrub blackbirdDives warczewiczi (Cabanis, 1861)77Melodious blackbirdDives dives (Deppe, 1830)78Cuban blackbirdPtiloxena atroviolacea (d'Orbigny, 1839)79Rusty blackbirdEuphagus carolinus (Müller, PLS, 1776)80Brewer's blackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler, 1829)81Common grackleQuiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758)82Nicaraguan grackleQuiscalus nicaraguensis Salvin & Godman, 189183Carib grackleQuiscalus lugubris Swainson, 183884Greater Antillean grackleQuiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783)85Boat-tailed grackleQuiscalus major Vieillot, 181986Great-tailed grackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)87Slender-billed grackleQuiscalus palustris (Swainson, 1827)88Red-bellied grackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster (de Tarragon, L, 1847)89Velvet-fronted grackleLampropsar tanagrinus (Spix, 1824)90Oriole blackbirdGymnomystax mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1766)91Colombian mountain grackleMacroagelaius subalaris (Boissonneau, 1840)92Golden-tufted mountain grackleMacroagelaius imthurni (Sclater, PL, 1881)93Austral blackbirdCuraeus curaeus (Molina, 1782)94Scarlet-headed blackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeus (Scopoli, 1786)95Forbes's blackbirdAnumara forbesi (Sclater, PL, 1886)96Chopi blackbirdGnorimopsar chopi (Vieillot, 1819)97Bolivian blackbirdOreopsar bolivianus Sclater, WL, 193998Greyish baywingAgelaioides badius (Vieillot, 1819)99Pale baywingAgelaioides fringillarius (Spix, 1824)100Yellow-winged blackbirdAgelasticus thilius (Molina, 1782)101Pale-eyed blackbirdAgelasticus xanthophthalmus (Short, 1969)102Unicolored blackbirdAgelasticus cyanopus (Vieillot, 1819)103Chestnut-capped blackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus (Vieillot, 1819)104Yellow-hooded blackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766)105Saffron-cowled blackbirdXanthopsar flavus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)106Brown-and-yellow marshbirdPseudoleistes virescens (Vieillot, 1819)107Yellow-rumped marshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuro (Vieillot, 1819)108
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