agelaius phoeniceus

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   North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

   Synonymsred-winged blackbirdredwing

   BroaderNew World blackbird

   Part ofAgelaius

Questions about agelaius phoeniceus

What does agelaius phoeniceus mean?

agelaius phoeniceus means "North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings".

What is another word for agelaius phoeniceus?

Close synonyms include red-winged blackbird, redwing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agelaius phoeniceus a common word?

agelaius phoeniceus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.