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Icteridae

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Icterids () or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior, and coloration.

OverviewAI-generated

Icteridae is a family of birds within the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Vigors in 1825 and is currently accepted. Common names for the family include oropendolas, orioles, and blackbirds, as well as trupialfamilien. The family is distinct from Icteriidae.

The taxon range is listed as Brazil. Records are held by institutions such as UTEP in the United States. The family has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Species

oropendolas, orioles & blackbirds

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyIcteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded70,874,106

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
155
With media
7
Family
Icteridae
Collections
UTEP
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
passerines
Image
Icterus-galbula-002.jpg
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Commons category
Icteridae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Icteridae
Commons gallery
Icteridae
different from
Icteriidae
taxon range
Brazil
taxon common name
trupialfamilien
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Relationship to other species
  • Characteristics
  • Folklore
  • Taxonomy
  • Genera
  • External links

Icterids () or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. The species in the family vary widely in size, shape, behavior, and coloration.

==Etymology== The name, meaning "jaundiced ones" (from the prominent yellow feathers of many species) comes from the - íkteros via the .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Icteridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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