Yellow-shouldered blackbird | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Agelaius |
Species: | A. xanthomus
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Binomial name | |
Agelaius xanthomus (P. L. Sclater, 1862)
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Subspecies[2] | |
A. x. monensis Barnes Jr, 1945 | |
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Synonyms | |
Icterus xanthomus |
The yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus), known in Puerto Rican Spanish as mariquita de Puerto Rico or capitán, is a species of blackbird endemic to Puerto Rico. It has black plumage with a prominent yellow patch on the wing. Adult males and females are of similar appearance. The species is predominantly insectivorous.