| Yellow-shouldered blackbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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A. x. monensis Barnes Jr, 1945 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Agelaius xanthomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22724209A180529449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724209A180529449.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Agelaius xanthomus (P. L. Sclater, 1862)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 18, 2010.