Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)

Other Names (World)
Melodious Blackbird, Sumichrast's Blackbird, Singing Blackbird

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Deppe, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

North-eastern Mexico (southern Tamaulipas) southern in lowlands of Caribbean coast, and from Guatemala also along Pacific coast, to Costa Rica.

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

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)...)

Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) [XC842285]
by Manuel Grosselet from UJAT Las Puertas, Centro, Tabasco, Mexico (song)

Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) [XC679975]
by Brendan Sloan from Camino a Miguel Aguilar, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

According to molecular data, genus is one of the more ancestral members of the quiscaline group. May form a superspecies with Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi) and previously treated as conspecific.

References
See References.

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