page_title: Cuban blackbird
hierarchical_section_title: Cuban blackbird
caption_attribution_description: English: A Cuban Blackbird in Pinar del Rio Province
context_page_description: The Cuban blackbird is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
  Measuring 27 cm long, this species has entirely black plumage with a slight violet sheen on the upperparts. The only non-black body part is the brown eye.
  It is endemic to Cuba, where it is widespread and common. It is entirely absent from the Isla de la Juventud and some of the offshore cays.
  Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.
context_section_description: The Cuban blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
  Measuring 27 cm (11 in) long, this species has entirely black plumage with a slight violet sheen on the upperparts. The only non-black body part is the brown eye.
  It is endemic to Cuba, where it is widespread and common. It is entirely absent from the Isla de la Juventud and some of the offshore cays.
  Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.
caption: A Cuban blackbird in Pinar del Rio Province
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