Other Scientific Names
Dives atroviolacea [BirdLife International (2004)], Dives atroviolacea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Dives atroviolacea [Stotz et al. (1996)], Ptiloxena atroviolacea
Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) [XC66807]
by Jon King from E side of Palpite, north of Playa Larga, Zapata, Cuba (call)
Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) [XC318267]
by Nils Navarro from La Turba, Cienaga de Zapata, Matanzas, Cuba (call)
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.