New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Red-shouldered Blackbird (Agelaius assimilis) - HBW 16, p. 790
French: Carouge de Cuba
German: Rotschulterstärling
Spanish: Sargento Cubano
Taxonomy: Agelaius assimilis Lembeye, 1850, Cuba.
Formerly treated as conspecific with A. phoeniceus, but the two differ markedly in sexual dimorphism, in mating and nesting behaviour and in size; molecular data support treatment as separate species. Birds from I of Pines formerly separated as a geographical race, subniger, but description was based on immature specimens. Monotypic.
Distribution: W Cuba, including I of Pines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male preening and singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp assimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 7 years ago 30 sec 4.1 -
One male singing after play-back. Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Kini Roesler 18 March 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A male preening its wings on a reedbed Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp assimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 7 years ago 40 sec 4 -
A male singing from a reedbed Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp assimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 7 years ago 6 sec 3.9 -
A juvenile begging for food and an adult female feeding it Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp assimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 7 years ago 17 sec 3.6 -
A juvenile on a reedbed Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp assimilis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 7 years ago 20 sec 3.6
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In the palmtrees on the beach
Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba
Photo-ay 31 December 2008 2 years ago 2
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