Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Dives (2 species)


Melodious Blackbird
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Range: MA: Mexico to Nicaragua
La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Scrub Blackbird
Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
Range: SA: far sw Colombia, w Ecuador and coastal Peru s to w Cuzco
Lima, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male and female alike. Similar to male Shiny Cowbird, but not shiny.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba