Genus

Euphagus (Rusty and brewer’s blackbirds)

Euphagus carolinus. Photo: (c) Chevaun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Euphagus is a small genus of American blackbirds. It contains two extant species: Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, and rusty blackbird E. carolinus. A prehistoric relative, Euphagus magnirostris, is known from Late Pleistocene fossils found in the famous tar seeps of Rancho La Brea, California.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
        Family: Icteridae (New world blackbirds and orioles)
        Genus: Euphagus (Rusty and brewer’s blackbirds)
        Species: Euphagus cyanocephalus (Brewer’s blackbird)
        Species: Euphagus carolinus (Rusty blackbird)

Subtaxa

Species: Euphagus cyanocephalus (Brewer’s blackbird)

Species: Euphagus carolinus (Rusty blackbird)

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