Tricoloured blackbird  (Agelaius tricolor)

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Glossary

  • Gregarious: tending to form a group with others of the same species by habitually living or moving in flocks or herds rather than alone.
  • Territory: an area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (October, 2008)
    http://www.birdlife.org
  3. Cook, L.F. and Toft, C.A. (2005) Dynamics of extinction: population decline in the colonially nesting tricolored blackbird Agelaius tricolor. Bird Conservation International, 15: 73 - 88.
  4. Tricolored Blackbird Portal (October, 2008)
    http://tricolor.ice.ucdavis.edu/node/547
  5. Hamilton, W.J. (2004) Tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor). In: The Riparian Bird Conservation Plan: A Strategy for Reversing the Decline of Riparian-Associated Birds in California.California Partners in Flight, California. Available at: http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/species/riparian/tricolored_blackbird.htm
  6. Tricolored Blackbird Working Group. (2007) Conservation Plan for the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor).Sustainable Conservation, San Francisco. Available at: www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Ecological_Topics/Bird_Conservation/USFWS_Focal_Species/Tricolored_Blackbird
  7. The Center for Biological Diversity (October, 2008)
    http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/tricolored_blackbird
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