Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives(Deppe, W, 1830)
English (US) Melodious Blackbird
The Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Gulf slope of eastern Mexico to Nicaragua and (rarely) northwestern Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dives dives
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Melodious Blackbird
- Described by
- (Deppe, W, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Icterus dives
- Described by
- (Deppe, W, 1830)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Preis-Verzeichniss der Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische und Krebse, welche von den Herren Deppe und Schiede in Mexico gesammelt worden (etc.) p.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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