Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
24 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Molina, 1782)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Chile.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (93)...)

Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) [XC590596]
by Ignacio Escobar from Cerro Manquehue, Chile (song)

Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) [XC534169]
by Dante Buzzetti from Piedra Azul Alto, Puerto Montt, Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile (call)

Subspecies
Similar in aspect and behaviour to Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi), but molecular data suggest closer relationship with quite different Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus). Geographical variation partly clinal, body mass increases from north to south.

Proposed subspecies recurvirostris (described from Riesco I, in southern Chile), resembling reynoldsi but supposedly with slightly recurved bill, requires further study, as recent observers have not reported peculiarities in bill shape.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

curaeus (Molina, 1782) - Central and southern Chile from Coquimbo (rarely Atacama) south, including Chilo� I and most islands along coast, to Straits of Magellan, and south-western Argentina (Neuqu�n southern along Andes to Santa Cruz).
reynoldsi (Sclater, WL, 1939) - Southern Chile and extreme southern Argentina (Tierra del Fuego and nearby islands).
recurvirostris Markham, 1971 - Southern Chile (Magellanes).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) - 10 files

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