New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)

Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) - HBW 16, p. 789

French: Carouge de Californie German: Dreifarbenstärling Spanish: Sargento Tricolor

Taxonomy: Icterus tricolor Audubon, 1837, no locality = Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Closely related to A. phoeniceus. Monotypic.

Distribution: W USA (S Washington, Oregon, California W of Sierra Nevada, also extreme SW Nevada) and extreme NW Mexico (extreme N Baja California).