Icterids
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae
The Icterids are a group of small to medium, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World, and include: the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 98 species world wide, and 25 North American species. The 11 listed Icterids, are mostly common, and breeding species in the Lower Colo. Riv. Valley(LCRV).
- ( * SW) Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna; two westward range–extensions, the Northerly into the SE Ariz Biome.
- ( * SW) Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- ( * SW) Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- (SW) Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus
- (SW) Brewer's Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus
- ( * SW) Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, Perm,-Non-migrating
- Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, (C) (minor vagrant from SE US)
- ( * SW) Bronzed Cowbird, Molothrus aeneus
- ( * SW) Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater
- See Cowbird, Grackle, Icterid
- See Brood parasite
Read more about this topic: List Of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona)