Order: Passeriformes | Family: Icteridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lima, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Peru
Status: The Scrub Blackbird is fairly common in the lowlands west of the Andes where it is known to range up to 2500 m along the foothill of the Andes. The Scrub Blackbird also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Tordo de Matorral.
Sub-species: Scrub Blackbird (Dives warszewiczi warszewiczi) (Cabanis), 1861. W Ecuador (from S Esmeraldas and N Pichincha) S to NW Peru (Tumbes S to La Libertad).
(Dives warszewiczi kalinowskii), Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1892. Coastal plain and foothills of W Peru from La Libertad S, extending inland in Cajamarca (upper R Marañón) and Huancavelica, to Ica.
Meaning of Name: Dives: Specific name Icterus dives Deppe, 1830. warszewiczi: In honor of Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz (1812-1866) Polish botanist, collector.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.