Unicoloured blackbird
| Unicoloured blackbird | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Agelasticus |
| Species: | A. cyanopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Agelasticus cyanopus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agelaius cyanopus Vieillot, 1819, Chrysomus cyanopus, | |
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Male unicoloured blackbird
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Female unicoloured blackbird
The unicoloured blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.[2]
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitat is swamps.[1]
The male unicoloured blackbird is befitting of its name, with entirely black plumage and dark eyes. However, the species exhibits sexual dimorphism; the female is brown with a yellow belly, a darker mask, and rusty colored wings.[3]
Illustration showing the differences between the male and female
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Agelasticus cyanopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ BirdLife International 2012. Unicolored Blackbird (Chrysomus cyanopus).
- ↑ Jaramillo, Alvaro. 2010. Unicolored Blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=671436