Agelaius

Belongs within: Icteridae.

Agelaius is a North American and Caribbean genus of icterids in which males are black with brightly coloured epaulettes.

<==Agelaius Vieillot 1816 [Agelaiinae, Aglaiinae]F11
    |  i. s.: A. assimilis Lembeye 1850F11 [=A. phoeniceus assimilisMS55; incl. A. assimilis subnigerF11]
    |         A. curaceusF43
    |--+--A. humeralis (Vigors 1827)BKB15, F11 [=Leistes humeralisF11]
    |  |    |--A. h. humeralisF11
    |  |    `--A. h. scopulus Garrido 1970F11
    |  `--A. xanthomus (Sclater 1862)BKB15, F11 [=Icterus xanthomusF11]
    |       |--A. x. xanthomusF11
    |       `--A. x. monensis Barnés 1945F11
    `--+--*A. phoeniceus (Linnaeus 1766)S87, BKB15, F11 [=Oriolus phoeniceusF11, A. phaeniceus (l. c.)CC10, Zanthornus phoeniceusJ23]
       |    |--A. p. phoeniceusF11
       |    |--A. p. aciculatus Mailliard 1915F11
       |    |--A. p. arctolegus Oberholser 1907F11
       |    |--A. p. arthuralleni Dickerman 1974F11
       |    |--A. p. bryanti Ridgway 1887F11
       |    |--A. p. californicus Nelson 1897 [=A. gubernator californicus]F11
       |    |--A. p. caurinus Ridgway 1901F11
       |    |--A. p. floridanus Maynard 1895F11
       |    |--A. p. fortis Ridgway 1901 [incl. A. p. heterurus, A. p. stereus, A. p. zastereus]F11
       |    |--A. p. grinnelli Howell 1917F11
       |    |--A. p. gubernator (Wagler 1832)F11
       |    |--A. p. littoralis Howell & van Rossem 1928F11
       |    |--A. p. mailliardorum van Rossem 1926 [=A. gubernator mailliardorum]F11
       |    |--A. p. mearnsi Howell & van Rossem 1928F11
       |    |--A. p. megapotamus Oberholser 1919F11
       |    |--A. p. nelsoni Dickerman 1965F11
       |    |--A. p. neutralis Ridgway 1901F11
       |    |--A. p. nevadensis Grinnell 1914F11
       |    |--A. p. nyaritensis Dickey & van Rossem 1925F11
       |    |--A. p. pallidulus Van Tyne & Trautman 1946F11
       |    |--A. p. richmondii Nelson 1897 [incl. A. p. brevirostris, A. p. matudae]F11
       |    `--A. p. sonoriensis Ridgway 1887F11
       `--A. tricolor (Audubon 1837)BKB15, F11 [=Icterus tricolorF11]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[F11] Fraga, R. M. 2011. Family Icteridae (New World blackbirds). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 684–807. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[F43] Fraser, L. 1843. On the collection of birds brought to England by Mr. Bridges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 108–121.

[J23] James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and ’20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, sec’y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party vol. 1. H. C. Carey & I. Lea: Philadelphia.

[MS55] Mertens, R., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Die im Senckenberg-Museum vorhandenen Arten ausgestorbener, aussterbender oder seltener Vögel. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3–4): 241–265.

[S87] Salvadori, T. 1887. Elenco degli Uccelli Italiani. R. Istituto Sordo-Muti: Genova.