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Cuban blackbird
	In Havana, Cuba
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Ptiloxena; Chapman, 1892
Species:	P. atroviolacea
Binomial name
	Ptiloxena atroviolacea; (d'Orbigny, 1839)
	Range of P. atroviolacea
Synonyms
	Ptiloxena atroviolaceus ; Dives atroviolaceus

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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.^[2]

Description

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

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.

References

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ptiloxena atroviolacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724294A94858907. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ International Ornithologists' Union. IOC World Bird List 12.2 (Multilingual Version) (Report). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.2.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.

External links

BirdLife species factsheet for Ptiloxena atroviolaceus
"Ptiloxena atroviolaceus". Avibase.
"Cuban blackbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
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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[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Ptiloxena atroviolacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724294A94858907. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[IOC12.2-2] International Ornithologists' Union. IOC World Bird List 12.2 (Multilingual Version) (Report). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.2.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[BofCuba-3] Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.

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 {{Short description|Species of bird}}
+{{Speciesbox
-{{speciesbox
 | image = Dives atroviolaceus -Havana, Cuba-8.jpg
 | image_caption=In Havana, Cuba
 | status = LC
 | status_system = IUCN3.1
-| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22724294/0 |title=''Dives atroviolaceus'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>
+| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|page=e.T22724294A94858907 |title=''Ptiloxena atroviolacea'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2016 |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
-| genus = Dives
+| genus = Ptiloxena
+| parent_authority = [[Frank Chapman (ornithologist)|Chapman]], 1892
-| species = atroviolaceus
+| species = atroviolacea
 | authority = ([[Alcide d'Orbigny|d'Orbigny]], 1839)
-| synonyms = ''Ptiloxena atroviolacea'' <br/>
+| synonyms = ''Ptiloxena atroviolaceus'' <br/>
-''Dives atroviolacea''
+''Dives atroviolaceus''
 | range_map = Dives_atroviolaceus_map.svg
-| range_map_caption = Range of ''D. atroviolaceus''
+| range_map_caption = Range of ''P. atroviolacea''
 }}
-The '''Cuban blackbird''' (''Dives atroviolaceus'') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Icteridae]].
+The '''Cuban blackbird''' ('''''Ptiloxena atroviolacea''''') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Icteridae]].
+==Taxonomy==
-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.<ref name=BofCuba/>
+It was previously placed in [[Dives (bird)|''Dives'']], but now classified in its own genus, ''Ptiloxena''.<ref name="IOC12.2">{{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 }}</ref>
+==Description==
-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.<ref name=BofCuba/>
+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.<ref name=BofCuba/>
+==Distribution and habitat==
-Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[Cuban moist forests#Lowland forests|lowland moist forests]] and heavily degraded former [[forest]].
+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.<ref name=BofCuba/> Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[Cuban moist forests#Lowland forests|lowland moist forests]] and heavily degraded former [[forest]].
 [[File:Cuban Blackbird2 .cu (3).jpg|thumb|A Cuban blackbird in [[Pinar del Rio Province]]]]
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 ==External links==
 {{Commons category|Ptiloxena atroviolacea}}
-{{Wikispecies|Dives atroviolaceus}}
+{{Wikispecies|Ptiloxena atroviolacea}}
-* {{BirdLife|22724294|Dives atroviolaceus}}
+* {{BirdLife|22724294|Ptiloxena atroviolaceus}}
-* {{Avibase|name=Dives atroviolaceus}}
+* {{Avibase|name=Ptiloxena atroviolaceus}}
 * {{InternetBirdCollection|cuban-blackbird-ptiloxena-atroviolacea|Cuban blackbird}}
 * {{VIREO|Cuban+blackbird}}
 * {{NeotropicalBirds|cubbla|Cuban blackbird}}
-* {{Xeno-canto species|Dives|atroviolaceus|Cuban blackbird}}
+* {{Xeno-canto species|Ptixolena|atroviolacea|Cuban blackbird}}
+{{Passeroidea|I.|state=collapsed}}
 {{Taxonbar|from=Q27076019}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:blackbird, Cuban}}
-[[Category:Dives (bird)|Cuban blackbird]]
 [[Category:Endemic birds of Cuba]]
 [[Category:Birds described in 1839|Cuban blackbird]]
 [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
+[[Category:Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the West Indies]]
-[[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] <!-- Dives atroviolaceus -->