Family Icteridae: Blackbirds

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (2) Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (2)
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula (2)
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (2) Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater (1)
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (2) Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius (3)
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
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