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Definition of Agelaius phoeniceus
1. Noun. North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings.
Generic synonyms: Blackbird, New World Blackbird
Group relationships: Agelaius, Genus Agelaius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agelaius Phoeniceus
Literary usage of Agelaius phoeniceus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Agelaius phoeniceus floridanus. Range.—Florida and Gulf coast. ... Agelaius phoeniceus
fortis. Range.—Breeds in the interior of British America; ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1898)
"Of these the greater number, eighty, were English sparrows (Passer domesticus);
of the remainder, twelve were red-wing blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"141.) Includes one North American species now in the genus Corvus: Frugilegus
frugilegus (Linnaeus). Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi becomes, so far as North ..."
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