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[[Image:Cuban_blackbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Russ+Jones|Russ Jones}} <br />Santiago de [[Cuba]] ]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
*Metallic black with purplish sheen
 
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[[Cuba]] and Isle of Pines.
 
[[Cuba]] and Isle of Pines.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
 
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Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Dives|Dives]]''<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
==Habitat==
 
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Forests and a variety of habitats.
 
Forests and a variety of habitats.
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Readily forms flocks
 
Readily forms flocks
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 28 September 2017

Photo by Russ Jones
Santiago de Cuba
Ptiloxena atroviolacea

Identification

  • Metallic black with purplish sheen
  • Long bill with curved upper mandible

Similar species

Greater Antillean Grackle has yellow eye and keel-shaped tail. Shiny Cowbird and Red-shouldered Blackbird are both smaller.

Distribution

Cuba and Isle of Pines.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Dives[1]

Habitat

Forests and a variety of habitats.

Behaviour

Readily forms flocks

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Raffaele, H, J Wiley, OH Garrido, A Keith, JI Raffaele. 2003. Birds of the West Indies. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691113197
  4. Arthur Grosset

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