Red-winged blackbird (male)
Agelaius phoeniceus

Size: 8.5 inches
Overall Color: black and red and yellow
Occurrence: fields and near water
Diet: insects and seeds
Nest: cup in tall emergent vegetation
Field Identification: black, with red shoulder patch that has a whitish border
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
Genus: Agelaius
Species: phoeniceus