Melodious Blackbird
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyIcteridae (Ictèrids)
- GenusDives (Melodious and Scrub Blackbirds)
- SpeciesDives dives (Melodious Blackbird)
Closest Relatives at Poás Volcano National Park
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Black-cowled Oriole
Icterus prosthemelas
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Yellow-billed Cacique
Amblycercus holosericeus
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
Chlorospingus pileatus
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Diglossa plumbea
Mountain Elaenia
Elaenia frantzii
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Melodious Blackbird in Poás Volcano National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Melodious Blackbird sighting in Poás Volcano National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Melodious Blackbird in Poás Volcano National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Melodious Blackbird in Poás Volcano National Park in our monthly data.