Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)

Other Names (World)
Scrub Blackbird, Peruvian Blackbird (kalinowskii), Kalinowski's Blackbird (kalinowskii), Coastal Blackbird (kalinowskii)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1861)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland, high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m, occasionally up to 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

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 (43)...)

Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi) [XC262767]
by Paul Coopmans from Huarochir\u00ed, Lima, Peru (song)

Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi) [XC774821]
by Cristopher Rodr\u00edguez-Moreira from Mindo (near San Carlos), Cant\u00f3n San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador (duet)

Subspecies
According to molecular data, genus is one of the more ancestral members of the quiscaline group. May form a superspecies with Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) and previously treated as conspecific. Subspecies intergrade in north-western Peru (Cajamarca and La Libertad).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

warczewiczi (Cabanis, 1861) - Western Ecuador (from southern Esmeraldas and northern Pichincha) south to north-western Peru (Tumbes south to La Libertad).
kalinowskii von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1892 - Coastal plain and foothills of western Peru from La Libertad south, extending inland in Cajamarca (upper R Mara��n) and Huancavelica, to Ica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi) - 10 files

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