Forbes's Blackbird

Forbes's Blackbird
Forbes's Blackbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Curaeus
Species: C. forbesi
Binomial name
Curaeus forbesi
(Sclater, 1886)

The Forbes's Blackbird (Curaeus forbesi) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species was named for the British zoologist William Alexander Forbes.

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