The
Red-winged Blackbird (
Agelaius phoeniceus) is a
passerine bird of the family
Icteridae found in most of
North and much of
Central America. It breeds from
Alaska and
Newfoundland south to
Florida, the
Gulf of Mexico,
Mexico, and
Guatemala, with isolated populations in western
El Salvador, northwestern
Honduras, and northwestern
Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as
Pennsylvania and
British Columbia, but northern populations are generally
migratory, moving south to Mexico and the southern
United States. Claims have been made that it is the most abundant and best studied living bird in
North America.
[2][3][4] The Red-winged Blackbird is
sexually dimorphic;
the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while
the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the
bulk of the Red-winged Blackbird's diet. WIKEPEDIA
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