UniColoured Blackbird
Agelasticus cyanopus(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Unicolored Blackbird
UK name: UniColoured Blackbird
The UniColoured Blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Agelasticus cyanopus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Unicolored Blackbird
- English (UK)
- UniColoured Blackbird
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Agelasticus cyanopus xenicus
- Agelasticus cyanopus atroolivaceus
- Agelasticus cyanopus beniensis
- Agelasticus cyanopus cyanopus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Agelaius cyanopus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- based on 'Tordo del Negro y Vario,' no. 71, of Azara, 1802, Apuntamientos Hist. Nat. Paxaros Paragiiay Rio Plata, 1, p. 313.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.552
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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