Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Spanish: Tordo sargento

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Photographed by vctrndr on iNaturalist

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America 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... Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Icteridae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records315,597 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2021 – 2021
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/agelaius-phoeniceus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.