Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
About the Melodious Blackbird
The melodious blackbird (Dives dives) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. The melodious blackbird was formally described in 1830 with the binomial Icterus dives. It now shares the genus Dives with the scrub blackbird (D. warczewiczi). The two form a superspecies and some early twentieth century authors treated them as conspecific. The melodious blackbird is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 150 recordings for this species: 25 CC BY-NC-SA · 19 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Scrub BlackbirdDives warczewiczirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.