Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Edward C. Beedy, William J. Hamilton III, Robert J. Meese, Daniel A. Airola, Wendy S. Schackwitz, and Peter Pyle
Version: 2.0 — Published October 20, 2023
Revision Notes
Version: 2.0 — Published October 20, 2023
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Driekleurtroepiaal |
| English | Tricolored Blackbird |
| English (UK) | Tricoloured Blackbird |
| English (United States) | Tricolored Blackbird |
| French | Carouge de Californie |
| French (France) | Carouge de Californie |
| German | Dreifarbenstärling |
| Icelandic | Hnúasóti |
| Japanese | サンショクハゴロモガラス |
| Norwegian | kaliforniatrupial |
| Polish | epoletnik trójbarwny |
| Russian | Трёхцветный трупиал |
| Serbian | Trobojni američki kos |
| Slovak | vlhovec trojfarebný |
| Spanish | Sargento Tricolor |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tordo Tricolor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sargento tricolor |
| Swedish | kalifornisk trupial |
| Turkish | Üç Renkli Karatavuk |
| Ukrainian | Еполетник каліфорнійський |
Revision Notes
Edward C. Beedy, Robert J. Meese, Daniel A. Airola, and Wendy S. Schackwitz revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, and Daphne R. Walmer copy edited the account. Nicholas D. Sly generated the figures and tables. Huy C. Truong generated the map.
Agelaius tricolor (Audubon, 1837)
PROTONYM:
Icterus tricolor
Audubon, 1837. The Birds of America; from original drawings 4, pl.388 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality specified ; Santa Barbara, California, designated by Audubon, 1839, Ornith. Biogr., 5, p. 3.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGELAIUS
- tricolor / tricolora
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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)
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