Animalia Life

Calamospiza melanocorys
TAXONOMY
Fringilla bicolor J. K. Townsend, 1837, Nebraska. Calamospiza melanocorys, Stejneger, 1885; Fringilla bicolor preoccupied.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: White-winged blackbird, prairie bobolink; French: Bruant noir et blanc; German: Prдrieammer; Spanish: Gorriуn Alipбlido.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Near Threatened. Has declined in numbers since the 1930s and is extirpated in the northern parts of its range.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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