Cuban blackbird
The Cuban blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolaceus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It was previously placed in Dives, but now classified in its own genus, the Ptiloxena.[2]
| Cuban blackbird | |
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| In Havana, Cuba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Ptiloxena |
| Species: | P. atroviolaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptiloxena atroviolaceus (d'Orbigny, 1839) | |
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| Range of D. atroviolaceus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ptiloxena atroviolacea | |
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.[3]
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.[3]
Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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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.
- International Ornithologists' Union. "IOC World Bird List 12.2 (Multilingual Version)". doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.2.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptiloxena atroviolacea.
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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