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 LC    Cuban Blackbird* Id (Atlas):
    Ptiloxena atroviolacea Endemic

Description (10)
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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.

Cuba.
 
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) [XC318338]
     by Julia Wittmann from La Turba, Cienaga de Zapata, Matanzas, Cuba (call)

 
Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) [XC399161]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Soroa, Artemisa, 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.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Cuban Blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) - 10 files


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