family Icteridae

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family Icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks

Icteridae

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

American oriole, New World oriole, oriole - American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

genus Icterus, Icterus - type genus of the Icteridae

genus Sturnella, Sturnella - a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks

Cacicus, genus Cacicus - a genus of tropical American orioles

Dolichonyx, genus Dolichonyx - bobolinks

genus Quiscalus, Quiscalus - grackles

Euphagus, genus Euphagus - a genus of Icteridae

genus Molothrus, Molothrus - cowbirds

Agelaius, genus Agelaius - red-winged blackbirds

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In passerine birds of the family Icteridae, the authors diagnosed Cestoda eggs, whereas in birds of the family Cotingidae parasitism was not observed.

Occurrence of eggs and oocysts of gastrointestinal parasites in passerine birds kept in captivity in Para State, Brazil/Ocorrencia de ovos e oocistos de parasitos gastrointestinais em aves Passeriformes mantidas em cativeiro no estado do Para, Brasil

melanocephalus (Swainson), I R black-headed grosbeak Spiza americana (Gmelin), I O dickcissel Family Icteridae (icterines) Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus), I A red-winged blackbird Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus), I O bobolink Euphagus carolinus (Muller), rusty I R blackbird E.

Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

A review of the species of the family Icteridae. Part III.

Polyphyly of the blackbird genus Agelaius and the importance of assumptions of monophyly in comparative studies