Yellow-headed blackbird

Yellow-headed blackbird
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–present
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Male in British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Xanthocephalus
Bonaparte, 1850
Species:
X. xanthocephalus
Binomial name
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
(Bonaparte, 1826)
Range of X. xanthocephalus
  Breeding range
  Wintering range
  Year-round range

The yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) is a medium-sized blackbird with a yellow head.

It is the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus. Their scientific name derives from the Greek word for yellow, xanthous, and the word for head, cephalus.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724169A94852992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724169A94852992.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).