Cuban blackbird
| Cuban blackbird | |
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| In Havana, Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Dives |
| Species: | D. atroviolaceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dives atroviolaceus (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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| Range of D. atroviolaceus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ptiloxena atroviolacea | |
The Cuban blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
Measuring 27 cm (11 in) long, this species has entirely black plumage with a slight violet sheen on the upperparts. The only non-black body part is the brown eye.[2]
It is endemic to Cuba, where it is widespread and common. It is entirely absent from the Isla de la Juventud and some of the offshore cays.[2]
Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.
A Cuban blackbird in Pinar del Rio Province
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dives atroviolaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptiloxena atroviolacea. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Dives atroviolaceus. |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Dives atroviolaceus
- "Dives atroviolaceus". Avibase.
- "Cuban blackbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Cuban blackbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Cuban blackbird species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audio recordings of Cuban blackbird on Xeno-canto.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dives (bird)
- Endemic birds of Cuba
- Birds described in 1839
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