Yellow-shouldered blackbird
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The yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus), known in Puerto Rican Spanish as mariquita de Puerto Rico or capitán, is a species of blackbird endemic to Puerto Rico. It has black plumage with a prominent yellow patch on the wing. Adult males and females are of similar appearance. The species is predominantly insectivorous.
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Yellow-shouldered blackbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Agelaius |
Species: | A. xanthomus |
Binomial name | |
Agelaius xanthomus (P. L. Sclater, 1862) | |
Subspecies[2] | |
A. x. monensis Barnes Jr, 1945 | |
Synonyms | |
Icterus xanthomus |
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