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) [XC375712]
by Manuel Grosselet from Benito Ju\u00e1rez, Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico (song)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) [XC222452]
by Orlando Jarqu\u00edn G. from Hotel Talinul grounds, San Luis Potos\u00ed, Mexico (song)
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.