List of Birds of Mexico - Blackbirds

Blackbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red.

  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (A)
  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
  • Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
  • Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  • Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
  • Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus (A)
  • Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
  • Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
  • Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
  • Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis (A)
  • Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
  • Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
  • Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
  • Orange Oriole Icterus auratus (E)
  • Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
  • Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
  • Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
  • Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
  • Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
  • Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
  • Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
  • Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei (E)
  • Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
  • Fuertes's Oriole Icterus fuertesi (E)
  • Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
  • Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
  • Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
  • Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
  • Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
  • Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
  • Yellow-winged Cacique Cacicus melanicterus (E)
  • Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
  • Montezuma Oropendola Gymnostinops montezuma

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