Icteridae

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<==Icteridae [Icterinae, Icterini]
   |  i. s.: Gymnomystax
   |         Zarhynchus wagleri
   |         Gymnostinops montezuma
   |         Leistes militaris
   |         *Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
   |         Tangavius
   |           |--T. aeneus
   |           `--T. armenti
   |         Cassiculus melanicterus
   |         Agelaioides badius
   |         Euphagus
   |           |--E. carolinus
   |           |--E. cyanocephalus
   |           `--E. magnirostris
   |         *Curaeus curaeus
   |         Scaphidura Swainson 1837 [Scaphidurinae]
   |           `--S. oryzivora
   |--+--Dolichonyx Swainson 1827 [Dolichonychinae]
   |  |    `--D. oryzivorus
   |  `--+--Icteria Vieillot 1808 [Icteriidae]
   |     |    `--I. virens
   |     `--Sturnella Vieillot 1816 [incl. Trupialis Bonaparte 1850; Sturnellinae, Trupialinae]
   |          |--S. magna
   |          `--S. neglecta
   `--+--+--Agelaius Vieillot 1816 [Agelaiinae, Aglaiinae]
      |  |    |--A. cyanopus
      |  |    |--A. phoeniceus
      |  |    |    |--A. p. phoeniceus
      |  |    |    `--A. p. assimilis
      |  |    `--A. xanthomus
      |  `--+--Molothrus Swainson 1832 [Molothrinae]
      |     |    |--M. ater
      |     |    |--M. bonariensis
      |     |    `--M. rufoaxillaris
      |     `--Quiscalus Vieillot 1816 (see below for synonymy)
      |          |--‘Cassidix’ mexicanus
      |          |--‘Cassidix’ nicaraguensis
      |          |--Q. niger
      |          |--‘Cassidix’ palustris
      |          `--Q. quiscula
      `--+--Icterus Brisson 1760 [incl. Xanthornus Pallas 1769; Xanthorninae]
         |    |--*I. icterus
         |    |--I. bullocki
         |    |--I. cayanensis
         |    |--I. dominicensis
         |    |--I. galbula
         |    |--I. gularis
         |    |--I. parisorum
         |    |--I. pectoralis
         |    |--I. sclateri
         |    `--I. spurius
         `--+--Amblycercus holosericeus
            `--+--Cacicus Lacépède 1799 [=Cassicus Illiger 1811; Cacicinae, Cassicinae]
               |    `--C. solitarius
               `--Psarocolius
                    |--P. angustifrons
                    `--P. viridis

Quiscalus Vieillot 1816 [incl. Cassidix Lesson 1831, Chalcophanes Wagler 1827; Chalcophaninae, Quiscalinae]

* Type species of generic name indicated

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