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title: "Melodious Blackbird"
description: "Dives dives — Aves. The melodious blackbird (Dives dives) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/melodious-blackbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Melodious Blackbird

> Dives dives — Aves. The melodious blackbird (Dives dives) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Dives dives*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 7516
- Wikidata: [Q1588405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588405)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10001](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10001)

## Names

- en: Melodious Blackbird
- de: Trauerstärling
- es: Tordo cantor
- fr: Quiscale chanteur
- nl: Rouwtroepiaal
- pl: Czarnobłysk krzykliwy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (4176), CR (1048), HN (380), BZ (336), SV (214), GT (211), NI (114), PA (31)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodious_blackbird

## Photo

![Melodious Blackbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/melodious-blackbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247374150

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/melodious-blackbird?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).