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title: "Red-winged Blackbird"
description: "Agelaius phoeniceus — Aves. The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-winged-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-winged Blackbird

> Agelaius phoeniceus — Aves. The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

- Scientific name: *Agelaius phoeniceus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 315231
- Wikidata: [Q754043](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754043)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9744](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9744)

## Names

- en: Red-winged Blackbird
- de: Rotschulterstärling
- es: Tordo sargento
- fr: Carouge à épaulettes
- nl: Epauletspreeuw
- pl: Epoletnik krasnoskrzydły

## Countries with the most observations

US (212421), CA (66071), MX (7473), CR (422), NI (126), SV (112), HN (94), BS (55), BZ (50), GT (40), PA (13)

## Summary

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States. 
Claims have been made that it is the most abundant living land bird in North America, as bird-counting…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_blackbird

## Photo

![Red-winged Blackbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-winged-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: ChrisMcV · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83552302

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-winged-blackbird?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).