Baywing
Appearance
Baywing | |
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Grayish baywing, Agelaioides badius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Agelaioides Cassin, 1866 |
Species | |
The baywings are two species of birds in the genus Agelaioides, which were described in the early 19th century. These species are found in Brazil and in the case of A. badius, also Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay. They were formerly in included in genus Molothrus with cowbirds.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Agelaioides badius (Vieillot, 1819) | Grayish baywing | Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern and central Brazil | |
Agelaioides fringillarius (von Spix, 1824) | Pale baywing | north-eastern Brazil. |