Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)

17–18 cmLength51 gWeight

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

Busiest months: May · Most records: United States, Canada, Costa Rica

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: May · Most records: United States, Canada, Costa Rica

Red-winged Blackbird has been recorded at 942 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 13 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Magee Marsh – BoardwalkUnited States34,989 records
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, ChicagoUnited States30,234 records
Sweetwater WetlandsUnited States29,147 records

More places

Estero Llano Grande SP WBCUnited States28,328 records
Prospect ParkUnited States25,112 records
Point Pelee National ParkCanada23,123 records
John Heinz NWR – impoundmentUnited States21,763 records
Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake FillUnited States21,112 records
Edwin B. Forsythe NWRUnited States20,532 records
Parker River NWRUnited States19,712 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United States Canada Costa Rica Mexico Belize Bahamas Nicaragua Honduras

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia, but northern populations are generally migratory, moving south to Mexico and the Southern United States.

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