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Cuban blackbird

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Dives atroviolaceus -Havana, Cuba-8.jpg

| image_caption=In Havana, Cuba

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|page=e.T22724294A94858907 |title=Ptiloxena atroviolacea |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2016 |access-date=4 August 2023}}

| genus = Ptiloxena

| parent_authority = Chapman, 1892

| species = atroviolacea

| authority = (d'Orbigny, 1839)

| synonyms = Ptiloxena atroviolaceus

Dives atroviolaceus

| range_map = Dives_atroviolaceus_map.svg

| range_map_caption = Range of P. atroviolacea

}}

The Cuban blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

Taxonomy

It was previously placed in Dives, but now classified in its own genus, Ptiloxena.{{Cite report |author=International Ornithologists' Union |title=IOC World Bird List 12.2 (Multilingual Version) |url=https://worldbirdnames.org/Multiling%20IOC%2012.2c.xlsx |journal= |language=en |doi=10.14344/ioc.ml.12.2 |doi-access=free }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Description

Measuring {{convert|27|cm|in|abbr=on}} 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.

Distribution and habitat

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. Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

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{{cite book |last1=Garrido |first1=Orlando H. |last2=Kirkconnell |first2=Arturo |title=Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba |publisher=Comstock, Cornell University Press |location=Ithaca, NY |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8014-8631-9 |page=221}}

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External links

{{Commons category|Ptiloxena atroviolacea}}

{{Wikispecies|Ptiloxena atroviolacea}}

  • {{BirdLife|22724294|Ptiloxena atroviolaceus}}
  • {{Avibase|name=Ptiloxena atroviolaceus}}
  • {{InternetBirdCollection|cuban-blackbird-ptiloxena-atroviolacea|Cuban blackbird}}
  • {{VIREO|Cuban+blackbird}}
  • {{NeotropicalBirds|cubbla|Cuban blackbird}}
  • {{Xeno-canto species|Ptixolena|atroviolacea|Cuban blackbird}}

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Category:Endemic birds of Cuba

Cuban blackbird

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Birds of the Greater Antilles

Category:Birds of the Lesser Antilles

Category:American blackbirds

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