Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea)

Other Scientific Names
Dives atroviolacea [BirdLife International (2004)], Dives atroviolacea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Dives atroviolacea [Stotz et al. (1996)], Ptiloxena atroviolacea

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(d'Orbigny, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Cuba.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) [XC66808]
by Laura Gooch from c.10km SE of Najasa, Camaguey, Cuba (call)

Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) [XC790246]
by Jon King from Bermejas, E of Playa Giron, Cienfuegos, Cuba (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

No DNA data available, but absence from I of Pines (old reports erroneous) suggests poor dispersal capabilities and presumably a high genetic distinctiveness.

References
See References.

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