Scrub blackbird

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Scrub blackbird
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Dives
Species:
D. warczewiczi
Binomial name
Dives warczewiczi
(Cabanis, 1861)
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Synonyms

Dives warszewiczi (sp)

The scrub blackbird (Dives warczewiczi) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

It is found in Ecuador and Peru and its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Dives warczewiczi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22724305A132029635. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22724305A132029635.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.