Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Subspecies (24)
Ken Yasukawa and William A. Searcy
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2019
Text last updated January 28, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sergent ala-roig |
| Croatian | plamenokrili vranjak |
| Czech | vlhovec červenokřídlý |
| Danish | Rødvinget Trupial |
| Dutch | Epauletspreeuw |
| English | Red-winged Blackbird |
| English (United States) | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Finnish | punaolkaturpiaali |
| French | Carouge à épaulettes |
| French (France) | Carouge à épaulettes |
| German | Rotflügelstärling |
| Hebrew | שחרורית אדומת-כנף |
| Icelandic | Blettasóti |
| Japanese | ハゴロモガラス |
| Norwegian | rødvingetrupial |
| Polish | epoletnik krasnoskrzydły |
| Russian | Красноплечий трупиал |
| Serbian | Crvenokrili američki kos |
| Slovak | vlhovec červenokrídly |
| Spanish | Sargento Alirrojo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tordo Sargento |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Tordo Sargento |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tordo Sargento |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tordo Alirrojo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Tordo Sargento |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sargento alirrojo |
| Swedish | rödvingetrupial |
| Turkish | Al Kanatlı Karatavuk |
| Ukrainian | Еполетник червоноплечий |
Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
O.[riolus] phoeniceus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.161.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in America septentrionali' ; Charleston, South Carolina, designated by Howell and van Rossem, 1928, Auk, 45, p. 157.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGELAIUS
- phoenicea / phoeniceum / phoeniceus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Red-winged Blackbird in North and Middle America.
Northern limits of breeding and nonbreeding ranges are approximate.
