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Cuban Blackbird

Ptiloxena atroviolacea

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Icteridae

The Cuban blackbird (Ptiloxena atroviolacea) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is endemic to Cuba Taxonomy and systematics The Cuban blackbird has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1839 with the binomial Quiscalus atroviolaceous.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Cuba · 18,169