Cuban blackbird
(Redirected from Ptiloxena)
| Cuban blackbird | |
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| File:Dives atroviolaceus -Havana, Cuba-8.jpg | |
| In Havana, Cuba | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Ptiloxena Chapman, 1892 |
| Species: | P. atroviolacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptiloxena atroviolacea (d'Orbigny, 1839)
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| File:Dives atroviolaceus map.svg | |
| Range of P. atroviolacea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ptiloxena atroviolaceus | |
The Cuban blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]It was previously placed in Dives, but now classified in its own genus, Ptiloxena.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Measuring 27 cm (11 in) long, this species has entirely black plumage with a slight violet sheen on the upperparts. The only non-black body part is the brown eye.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]It is endemic to Cuba, where it is widespread and common. It is entirely absent from the Isla de la Juventud and some of the offshore cays.[3] Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptiloxena atroviolacea.
Wikispecies has information related to Ptiloxena atroviolacea.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Ptiloxena atroviolaceus
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- Cuban blackbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Cuban blackbird species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Audio recordings of Cuban blackbird on Xeno-canto.
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