Mona Blackbird

Agelaius xanthomus monensis

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae

The yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus), known in Puerto Rican Spanish as mariquita de Puerto Rico or capitán, is a species of blackbird endemic to Puerto Rico. It has black plumage with a prominent yellow patch on the wing. Adult males and females are of similar appearance.

Distribution

Mona Blackbird — (c) John Thomlinson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 5

Sources and credits

Photo(c) John Thomlinson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionYellow-shouldered blackbird, Wikipedia contributors

Mona Blackbird

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