Melodious Blackbird / Dives dives

Melodious Blackbird / Dives dives

Melodious Blackbird

SCI Name:  Dives dives
Protonym:  Icterus dives Preis-Verzeichn.Saugeth.Vog.Mex.gesam. p.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Icteridae /
Taxonomy Code:  melbla1
Type Locality:  Mexico.
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Publish Year:  1830
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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.