Austral Blackbird
A species of Austral Blackbird Scientific name : Curaeus curaeus Genus : Austral Blackbird
Austral Blackbird, A species of Austral Blackbird
Botanical name: Curaeus curaeus
Genus: Austral Blackbird
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Description
The austral blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Size
28 cm
Colors
Black
Gray
Feeding Habits
Austral Blackbird primarily consumes insects, other invertebrates, small vertebrates, and nectar. Utilizing diverse foraging techniques, it adaptively sources food across various environments, showing a preference for certain types of feed during specific seasons.
Habitat
The austral Blackbird inhabits a range of environments from temperate forests and high-altitude shrubland to degraded woodlands. Broadly distributed across regions with Mediterranean-type scrub and Nothofagus woodlands, these birds favor valley bottoms, forest edges, and clearings. Austral Blackbirds are also present along lakeshores, beaches, pastures, and in agricultural fields, adapting to habitats modified by human activities, such as pine plantations. In southern areas, austral Blackbirds may frequent humid steppes and are typically found from sea level up to elevations of 1500 meters.
Dite type
Omnivorous
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Species Status
Not globally threatened.