Typical Grackles
Quiscalus
The avian genus Quiscalus contains six of the ten species of grackle, gregarious passerine birds in the icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The six species are:
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Great-tailed Grackle
speciesQuiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle
speciesQuiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle
speciesQuiscalus major
Carib Grackle
speciesQuiscalus lugubris
Greater Antillean Grackle
speciesQuiscalus niger
Nicaraguan Grackle
speciesQuiscalus nicaraguensis
Quiscalus major × mexicanus
hybridQuiscalus major × mexicanus
Quiscalus mexicanus × quiscula
hybridQuiscalus mexicanus × quiscula
Slender-billed Grackle
speciesQuiscalus palustris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9599.