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Definition of Agelaius
1. Noun. Red-winged blackbirds.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Icteridae, Icteridae
Member holonyms: Agelaius Phoeniceus, Red-winged Blackbird, Redwing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agelaius
Literary usage of Agelaius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"(Key West. Florida.) RANGE.— Florida (except the southeastern coast and keys),
and west along the Gulf coast at least to Galveston, Texas. e. agelaius ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Auk, xxiv, 332, 1907 (mid. Can. and cen. n. US, wintering inse. US). Auk, xxxvi,
269, 1919. agelaius gubernator californicus Nelson becomes agelaius ..."
3. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"STATUS—Common resident locally in the interior valleys east of the humid coast belt.
(498, part) agelaius ... SAN DIEGO RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. SYN.—agelaius ..."
4. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"agelaius phoeniceus floridanus. Range.—Florida and Gulf coast. ... agelaius phoeniceus
fortis. Range.—Breeds in the interior of British America; ..."
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