This list is to show all the species in the Icteridae family.
The taxonomy follows Boyd and Powell, et al.[1][2]
Blue means placement unknown while red means extinct.
Icteridae[]
31 genera, 113 species
Subfamily Icteriinae[]
Genus Icteria[]
- Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteria virens
Subfamily Sturnellinae[]
Genus Xanthocephalus[]
- Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Genus Dolichonyx[]
- Bobolink, Dolichonyx orizyvorus
Genus Sturnella[]
- Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
- Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Lilian's Meadowlark, Sturnella lilianae[3]
- Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris
- White-browed Blackbird, Sturnella superciliaris
- Peruvian Meadowlark, Sturnella bellicosa
- Long-tailed Meadowlark, Sturnella loyca
- Pampas Meadowlark, Sturnella defillippi
Subfamily Cacicinae[]
Genus Amblycercus[]
- Prevost's Yellow-billed Cacique, Amblycercus holosericeus[2]
- Chapman's Yellow-billed Cacique, Amblycercus australis[2]
Genus Cassiculus[]
- Yellow-winged Cacique / Mexican Cacique, Cassiculus melanicterus
Genus Psarocolius[]
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri
- Russet-backed Oropendola, Psarocolius angustifrons
- Dusky-green Oropendola, Psarocolius atrovirens
- Crested Oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus
- Green Oropendola, Psarocolius viridis
- Olive Oropendola, Psarocolius bifasciatus
- Montezuma Oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma
- Black Oropendola, Psarocolius guatimozinus
- Baudo Oropendola, Psarocolius cassini
Genus Procacicus[]
- Solitary Black Cacique, Procacicus solitarius
Genus Cacicus[]
- Golden-winged Cacique, Cacicus chrysopterus
- Ecuadorian Cacique, Cacicus sclateri
- Selva Cacique, Cacicus koepckeae
- Western Yellow-rumped Cacique, Cacicus flavicrissus[2]
- Amazonian Yellow-rumped Cacique, Cacicus cela[2]
- Subtropical Cacique, Cacicus uropygialis[2]
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique, Cacicus microrhynchus
- Pacific Cacique, Cacicus pacificus[2]
- Northern Mountain-Cacique, Cacicus leucoramphus[2]
- Southern Mountain-Cacique, Cacicus chrysonotus[2]
- Band-tailed Oropendola, Cacicus latirostris
- Red-rumped Cacique, Cacicus haemorrhous
- Casqued Oropendola, Cacicus oseryi
Subfamily Icterinae[]
Genus Icterus[]
Subgenus Yphantes[]
- Scott's Oriole, Icterus parisorum
- Audubon's Oriole, Icterus graduacauda
- Yellow-backed Oriole, Icterus chrysater
- Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula
- Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullockii
- Black-backed Oriole, Icterus abeillei
- Streak-backed Oriole, Icterus pustulatus
- Jamaican Oriole, Icterus leucopteryx
- Grand Cayman Oriole, Icterus leucopteryx bairdi - extinct (mid-20th century)
- Orange Oriole, Icterus auratus
- Yellow Oriole, Icterus nigrogularis
- Altamira Oriole, Icterus gularis
Subgenus Icterus[]
- Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas
- Spot-breasted Oriole, Icterus pectoralis
- White-edged Oriole, Icterus graceannae
- Campo Troupial, Icterus jamacaii
- Venezuelan Troupial, Icterus icterus
- Orange-backed Troupial, Icterus croconotus
Subgenus Pendulinus[]
- Bar-winged Oriole, Icterus maculialatus
- Black-vented Oriole, Icterus wagleri
- Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus
- Black-cowled Oriole, Icterus prosthemelas
- Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius
- Ochre Oriole, Icterus fuertesi
- Cuban Oriole, Icterus melanopsis[4]
- Bahama Oriole, Icterus northropi[4]
- Martinique Oriole, Icterus bonana
- Puerto Rican Oriole, Icterus portoricensis[4]
- Montserrat Oriole, Icterus oberi
- Hispaniolan Oriole, Icterus dominicensis[4]
- St. Lucia Oriole, Icterus laudabilis
- Orange-crowned Oriole, Icterus auricapillus
- Epaulet Oriole, Icterus cayanensis[5]
- Moriche Oriole, Icterus cayanensis chrysocephalus - recently merged into I. cayanensis[4]
- Variable Oriole, Icterus pyrrhopterus[5]
Subfamily Agelaiinae[]
Genus Nesopsar[]
- Jamaican Blackbird, Nesopsar nigerrimus
Genus Agelaius[]
- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius xanthomus
- Tricoloured Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor
- Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius assimilis
Genus Molothrus[]
- Screaming Cowbird, Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Giant Cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus
- Bronzed Cowbird, Molothrus aeneus
- Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
Genus Dives[]
- Melodious Blackbird, Dives dives
- Scrub Blackbird, Dives warszewiczi
Genus Ptiloxena[2][]
- Cuban Blackbird, Ptiloxena atroviolacea
Genus Euphagus[]
- Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus
- Brewer's Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus
Genus Quiscalus[]
- Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
- Nicaraguan Grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris[6]
- Barbados Grackle, Quiscalus fortirostris[6]
- Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger
- Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major
- Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
- Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris - extinct (1910)
Genus Hypopyrrhus[]
- Red-bellied Grackle, Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Genus Lampropsar[]
- Velvet-fronted Grackle, Lampropsar tanagrinus
Genus Gymnomystax[]
- Oriole Blackbird, Gymnomystax mexicanus
Genus Macroagelaius[]
- Mountain Grackle / Colombian Mountain-Grackle, Macroagelaius subalaris
- Golden-tufted Grackle / Golden-tufted Mountain-Grackle, Macroagelaius imthurni
Genus Amblyramphus[]
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Amblyramphus holosericeus
Genus Curaeus[]
Genus Anumara[]
Genus Gnorimopsar[]
Genus Agelaioides[]
Genus Oreopsar[]
Genus Agelasticus[]
Genus Chrysomus[]
Genus Xanthopsar[]
Genus Pseudoleistes[]
References[]
- ^ John H. Boyd III (September 12, 2011). "CORE PASSEROIDEA IV: Emberizidae and Passerellidae". TiF Checklist. Retrieved 20-01-2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j Powell, A.F.L.A., F.K. Barker, S.M. Lanyon, K.J. Burns, J. Klicka, and I.J. Lovette (2014), A comprehensive species-level molecular phylogeny of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae), Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 71, 94-112.
- ^ Barker, F.K., M.J. Vandergon, and S.M. Lanyon (2008b), Assessment of species limits among yellow-breasted meadowlarks (Sturnella spp.) using mitochondrial and sex-linked markers, Auk 125, 869-879.
- ^ a b c d e Omland, K.E., S.M. Lanyon, and S.J. Fritz (1999), A molecular phylogeny of the new world orioles (Icterus): the importance of dense taxon sampling, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 12, 224-239.
- ^ a b D'Horta, F.M., J.M.C. da Silva, and C.C. Ribas (2008), Species limits and hybridization zones in Icterus cayanensis-chrysocephalus group (Aves: Icteridae), Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 95, 583-597.
- ^ a b Powell, A.F.L.A., F.K. Barker, and S.M. Lanyon (2008), A Complete Species-Level Phylogeny of the Grackles (Quiscalus spp.), Including the Extinct Slender-Billed Grackle, Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA, Condor 110, 718-728.
- ^ a b "Proposal (#642) to South American Classification Committee: Elevate subspecies Agelaioides badius fringillarius (Pale Baywing) to species rank". American Ornithologists' Union. 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.