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Unicolored blackbird

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Unicolored blackbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Icteridae
Genus:
Agelasticus
Species:
A. cyanopus
Binomial name
Agelasticus cyanopus
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms

Agelaius cyanopus Vieillot, 1819, Chrysomus cyanopus,

Male unicoloured blackbird
Female unicoloured blackbird

The unicoloured blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.[2]

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitat is swamps.[1]

The male unicoloured blackbird is befitting of its name, with entirely black plumage and dark eyes. However, the species exhibits sexual dimorphism; the female is brown with a yellow belly, a darker mask, and rusty colored wings.[3]

Illustration showing the differences between the male and female

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN
  2. ^ BirdLife International 2012. Unicolored Blackbird (Chrysomus cyanopus).
  3. ^ Jaramillo, Alvaro. 2010. Unicolored Blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=671436


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