Austral blackbird

Austral blackbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Curaeus
PL Sclater, 1862
Species:
C. curaeus
Binomial name
Curaeus curaeus
(Molina, 1782)

The austral blackbird (Curaeus curaeus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in Argentina and Chile, and it migrates to regions close by. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.