Melodious Blackbird / Dives dives
WBN 
Melodious Blackbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Icterus dives Preis-Verzeichn.Saugeth.Vog.Mex.gesam. p.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Dives
Taxonomy Code: melbla1
Type Locality: Mexico.
Author: Deppe
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DIVES
(Icteridae; † Melodious Blackbird D. dives) Specific name Icterus dives Deppe, 1830; "42. [Icterus] Dives Lichtenst. Glänzend schwarz. Thlr. 2" (Deppe 1830 per Cabanis 1863); "3. Dives. 3. SCOLECOPHAGUS DIVES, (Bonaparte). Lampropsar dives, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 425 (1850). ... Black, with a weak greenish lustre in the entire plumage" (Cassin 1867); "Dives Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18, p. 413, Dec., 1866—type, by tautonymy, Icterus dives Lichtenstein." (Hellmayr, 1937, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. X, 96); "Dives W. Deppe. 1830, Preis-Verz. Saüg., Vögel, etc., Mexico, p. 1. Type, by tautonymy, Icterus dives W. Deppe." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, 186); "DIVES Cassin, 1867 M— Lampropsar dives Bonaparte, 1850; type by tautonymy = Icterus dives Deppe, 1830" (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 377).
dives
L. dives, divitis rich, costly, sumptuous, splendid.
DIVES
(Icteridae; † Melodious Blackbird D. dives) Specific name Icterus dives Deppe, 1830; "42. [Icterus] Dives Lichtenst. Glänzend schwarz. Thlr. 2" (Deppe 1830 per Cabanis 1863); "3. Dives. 3. SCOLECOPHAGUS DIVES, (Bonaparte). Lampropsar dives, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 425 (1850). ... Black, with a weak greenish lustre in the entire plumage" (Cassin 1867); "Dives Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18, p. 413, Dec., 1866—type, by tautonymy, Icterus dives Lichtenstein." (Hellmayr, 1937, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. X, 96); "Dives W. Deppe. 1830, Preis-Verz. Saüg., Vögel, etc., Mexico, p. 1. Type, by tautonymy, Icterus dives W. Deppe." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, 186); "DIVES Cassin, 1867 M— Lampropsar dives Bonaparte, 1850; type by tautonymy = Icterus dives Deppe, 1830" (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 377).
dives
L. dives, divitis rich, costly, sumptuous, splendid.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
