Cuban blackbird | |
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In Havana, Cuba | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Range of P. atroviolacea | |
Synonyms | |
Ptiloxena atroviolaceus |
The Cuban blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
It was previously placed in Dives, but now classified in its own genus, Ptiloxena.[2]
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]
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.