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Icteridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179030

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): American Blackbirds [English]
  
    Orioles [English]
  
    New World Blackbirds [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2007   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyIcteridae  – American Blackbirds, Orioles, New World Blackbirds  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Agelaioides Cassin, 1866  
                               Genus Agelaius Vieillot, 1816 – Red-winged Blackbirds 
                               Genus Agelasticus Cabanis, 1851  
                               Genus Amblycercus Cabanis, 1851  
                               Genus Amblyramphus Leach, 1814  
                               Genus Cacicus Lacepede, 1799  
                               Genus Chrysomus Swainson, 1837  
                               Genus Curaeus P. L. Sclater, 1862  
                               Genus Dives Deppe, 1830  
                               Genus Dolichonyx Swainson, 1827 – Bobolinks 
                               Genus Euphagus Cassin, 1867 – American Blackbirds 
                               Genus Gnorimopsar Richmond, 1908  
                               Genus Gymnomystax Reichenbach, 1850  
                               Genus Hypopyrrhus Bonaparte, 1850  
                               Genus Icterus Brisson, 1760 – American Orioles 
                               Genus Lampropsar Cabanis, 1847  
                               Genus Macroagelaius Cassin, 1866  
                               Genus Molothrus Swainson, 1832 – Cowbirds 
                               Genus Nesopsar P. L. Sclater, 1859  
                               Genus Ocyalus Waterhouse, 1841  
                               Genus Psarocolius Wagler, 1827  
                               Genus Pseudoleistes P. L. Sclater, 1862  
                               Genus Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816 – Grackles 
                               Genus Sturnella Vieillot, 1816 – Meadowlarks 
                               Genus Xanthocephalus Bonaparte, 1850 – Yellow-headed Blackbirds 
                               Genus Xanthopsar Ridgway, 1901  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Icteridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Icteridae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.07.31, website (version 31-Jul-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Icteridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Icteridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd Edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Icteridae, New World Blackbirds [English]   
       

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