What is the name of the black songbird in Cuba, this one was very vocal & had a white ring around its eye?

It was a small to medium sized bird, completely black in colour with a splayed tail wing, and a white ring around its eye to give definition. It was usually with at least one other bird of the same type.

What is the name of the black songbird in Cuba, this one was very vocal %26amp; had a white ring around its eye?
Grackle or as the Cubans call them Zanate Norteno.
Reply:this is what i came up with on Cuban song birds ,


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Birdwatching Reports from Cuba


a bird watching trip report on Cuba ... Cuba 2nd - 16th March 2002 166 Bird Species recorded ... Lots of endemic birds are featured, some in full song. ...www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/cuba





Bird watching Trip Report from Cuba


a bird watching trip ...


with its machine gun song, Cuban Green Woodpecker, Cuban Pewee ... in Cuba), in California and Florida, and didn't think twice when I ..


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CUBA (PDF)


... a bird appeared in a small bush by the track, and burst into song from ... This is a very scarce bird in Cuba, here at the southern ...


www.birdquest.co.uk/reportFiles/CUBA REP 06.pdf








could be the MYNA Bird ( acridotherus tristris );noted for distinct eye patches it is very vocal , and a great mimic ..





originally from India , now a widespread pest in Australia


and a migrant in many European country's





Fact sheets: Common Myna


... and, since then, has become a common and familiar bird along the east coast. ... Photo: R Major 漏 Australian Museum. Acridotheres tristis. Description ...www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/common...
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