Troupials and Allies
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
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (A)
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major (A)
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis (A)
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater (A)
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (A)
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius (A)
- Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi (E)
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