Red-Winged Blackbird (Male)

• Scientific Name: Agelaius Phoeniceus
• Common Name: Red-Winged Blackbird (Male)
• Diet: seeds, invertebrates
• Color: black
• Size: 8.75 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: wet areas
• Field Identification: a mostly black bird with red and white wing bars found in marshy vegetation near ponds and rivers
• Nest: cup in riparian vegetation
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Agelaius
• Family: Icteridae (icterids)
• Order: Passeriformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: phoeniceus