Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 210,794
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red-winged blackbird is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-winged blackbird”.