- Most
icterids have
rounded tails and lack
rictal bristles. They have nine
primary feathers and are
placed among the nine-primaried oscines.
Icterids have...
- The
avian family Icteridae is
variously called icterids,
troupials and allies, or oropendolas, orioles,
blackbirds by
taxonomic authorities. The family...
- blackbirds: the
icterids. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press. Jaramillo, A., & Burke, P. (1999). New
world blackbirds: the
icterids. Princeton, NJ:...
- kernels.
Larger adductor muscles within their jaw
compared to
those of
other icterids make this
adaptation even more
useful for
opening hard
seeds and acorns...
-
raised their own young. One
hundred bird species,
including honeyguides,
icterids, and ducks, are
obligate parasites,
though the most
famous are the cuckoos...
- Oriolidae. They are not
closely related to the New
World orioles,
which are
icterids (family Icteridae) that
belong to the
superfamily P****eroidea. The genus...
- brown-headed
cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a small,
obligate brood parasitic icterid native to
temperate and
subtropical North America. It is a
permanent resident...
-
seven of the 11
species of grackles,
gregarious p****erine
birds in the
icterid family. They are
native to
North and
South America. The
genus was named...
- ISBN 1-86872-857-9 Jaramillo, Alvaro; Burke,
Peter (1997). New
World Blackbirds: The
Icterids. Helm
Identification Guides.
Christopher Helm
Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-7136-4333-1...
-
Behavior of the Yellow-Headed Blackbird, Red-Winged Blackbird, and
Other Icterids". The
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