title: A revised classification of the Icteridae (Aves) based on DNA sequence data.
abstract: The higher-level classification of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae; Aves) has remained relatively stable for nearly a half-century, with most currently used classifications (e.g. Sibley & Monroe 1990; Jaramillo & Burke 1999; Fraga 2011; Remsen et al. 2015) following Blake's (1968) delimitation and sequence of genera in the Peters Check-list of Birds of the World series. Early molecular studies (e.g., Lanyon 1992, 1994; Johnson & Lanyon 1999; Price & Lanyon 2002; Cadena et al. 2004) produced only minor modifications.
authors.affiliation: Museum of Natural Science & Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.; Email: najames@LSU.edu.
authors.forename: J V Jr
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Remsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University, Campus Box 4050, 1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, Kansas 66801, USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alexis F L A
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Australian National Wildlife Collection, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schodde
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: F Keith
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lanyon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny