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Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Scrub BlackbirdDives warczewiczi
Black CatbirdMelanoptila glabrirostris
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 2,781 |
|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 728 |
| Quintana Roo | 716 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 638 |
| Yucatan | 520 |
| Provincia Alajuela | 263 |
| Oaxaca | 246 |
| Chiapas | 242 |
| Tamaulipas | 136 |
| Guatemala | 136 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Dietary
- OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsBIRDBASE avian traits database
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | New World Blackbirds and Orioles · Icteridae |
| Genus | Melodious Blackbirds · Dives |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Melodious Blackbird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.