Agelaius

Taxobox
name = American blackbirds

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image_width = 220px
image_caption = Male Red-winged Blackbird ("Agelaius phoeniceus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Icteridae
genus = " Agelaius "
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1816
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

American blackbirds are birds belonging to the genus "Agelaius" in the New World family Icteridae.

This genus includes 11 species of largely insectivorous grassland birds. The males are typically black with some colorful patches, such as on the shoulders or head. Females are drab and somewhat resemble American sparrows.

The genus " Agelaius " contains:
* Saffron-cowled Blackbird, "Agelaius flavus"
* Yellow-winged Blackbird, "Agelaius thilius"
* Pale-eyed Blackbird, "Agelaius xanthophthalmus"
* Unicolored Blackbird, "Agelaius cyanopus"
* Red-winged Blackbird, "Agelaius phoeniceus"
* Red-shouldered Blackbird, "Agelaius assimilis"
* Tricolored Blackbird, "Agelaius tricolor"
* Yellow-hooded Blackbird, "Agelaius icterocephalus"
* Tawny-shouldered Blackbird, "Agelaius humeralis"
* Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, "Agelaius xanthomus"
* Chestnut-capped Blackbird, "Agelaius ruficapillus"