Jamaican Blackbird
Nesopsar nigerrimus(Osburn, W, 1859)
English (US) Jamaican Blackbird
The Jamaican Blackbird (Nesopsar nigerrimus) 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: humid forest of JamaicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nesopsar nigerrimus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Jamaican Blackbird
- Described by
- (Osburn, W, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- [Icterus] nigerrimus
- Described by
- (Osburn, W, 1859)
- Type locality
- lower mountains of Jamaica.
- Original description
- The Zoologist 17 p.6662
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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