Tricolored Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Here the details of the Tricolored Blackbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Icterus tricolor BirdsAm. 4 pl.388 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Agelaius
Taxonomy Code: tribla
Type Locality: no locality specified ; Santa Barbara, California, designated by Audubon, 1839, Ornith. Biogr., 5, p. 3.
Author: Audubon
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
AGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Red-winged Blackbird A. phoeniceus) Gr. αγελαιος agelaios gregarious < αγελη agelē herd < αγω agō to lead; "77. TROUPIALE, Agelaius. Oriolus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec épais à la base, convexe en dessus, entier, robuste, longicône, droit, à bords droits, ou fléchis en dedans, acuminé; mandibule supérieure prolongée en pointe sur le front, quelquefois concave à la base, près du capistrum. 3 sections. Esp. Troupiale commandeur. — De Cayenne. — Cap-More, Buff. ... Agelaius [αγελαιος, gregarius]." (Vieillot 1816); "Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 33. Type, by original designation, "Troupiale Commandeur" of Buffon = Oriolus phoeniceus Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 167).
Var. Agelaeus, Ageloeus.
Synon. Emberizoides, Melanophantes, Xanthornus.
tricolor / tricolora
Late L. tricolor, tricoloris tricoloured < L. tri- three- < tres three; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Ara tricolor” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 5 (‡Ara).
● ex Certhia viridis Scopoli, 1768, “Green Creeper” of Latham 1781, and “Blue-rumped Creeper” of Latham 1787 (syn. Cinnyris afer).
● ex “Grimpereau olive des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 576, fig. 4 (syn. Cinnyris jugularis).
● ex “Pitpit à coiffe bleue” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784 (syn. Dacnis lineata).
● ex "Héron bleuâtre à ventre blanc de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl.350 (Egretta).
● ex “Azuvert” of Vieillot 1805 (Erythrura).
● ex “Baltimore bâtard du Canada” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 506, fig. 2 (syn. Icterus galbula).
● ex “Quachochopitl” of Hernandez 1651, and Ray 1713, “Picus varius mexicanus major et minor” of Brisson 1760, “Épeiche du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Varied Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (unident. Picidae; ?Melanerpes sp.).
● ex “Choucas chauve de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 521 (Perissocephalus).
● ex “Malkoha Rouverdin” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 225 (syn. Rhamphococcyx curvirostris).
● ex “Oie de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 937 (syn. Sarkidiornis melanotos).
● ex “Figuier noir et jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 2 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “Chorlito tarso comprimido” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 407 (Steganopus).
● ex “Tangara varié à teste verte de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760, “Tangara varié à tête verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 33, fig. 1, “Tricolor” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Green-headed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Tangara seledon).
● ex “Merle Tricolor à Longue Queue” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 114 (artefact).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)