Agelasticus is a genus of birds in the New World oriole family Icteridae. They have slender forms and thin bills. The females are responsible for building the nest, unlike some of their close relatives. The genus is found in South America.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following three species:[3]

Genus Agelasticus – Cabanis, 1851 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Pale-eyed blackbird

Agelasticus xanthophthalmus
(Short, 1969) 		eastern Peru and Ecuador
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Diet: 		 LC 


Yellow-winged blackbird


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Female

Agelasticus thilius
(Molina, 1782)

Three subspecies
  • A. t. alticola
  • A. t. petersii
  • A. t. thilius
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
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Diet: 		 LC 


Unicolored blackbird


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Female

Agelasticus cyanopus
(Vieillot, 1819) 		Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay
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Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ "Icteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Fraga, R. & Bonan, A. (2017). New World Blackbirds (Icteridae). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/52383 on 23 May 2017).
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 November 2023.