This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North America. Polytypic. Length 8.7". Usually sits in an obvious place or is found in flocks ...

In February and March, male red-wings travel north from their southern wintering grounds and find good spots for nesting and feeding.

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...