Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest and shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and moist shrubland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) [XC351425]
by Amauri Sarmiento Rojas from Minatitl\u00e1n, Minatitl\u00e1n, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) [XC590650]
by Simon Elliott from Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Mexico (call, roost)
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.