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Common grackle Iridescence of the grackle's feathers A juvenile common grackle stands in freshly cut grass. The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a species of large icterid bird found in large numbers through much of North America. First described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, the common grackle has three subspecies. Adult common grackles have ...
The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae , it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle . [ 2 ]
Common grackle Great-tailed grackle Red-bellied grackle. Grackles is the common name of any of 11 species of passerine birds (10 extant and one extinct) native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in the icterid family. In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage.
Bird migration is on the rise, and so are window collisions. As temperatures slowly drop in Chicago, 300 million to 400 million birds are crossing the continent heading south to their nesting ...
The male boat-tailed grackle is 37–43 cm (15–17 in) long and weighs 165–250 g (5.8–8.8 oz). [4] Adult males have entirely iridescent black plumage, a long dark bill, a pale yellowish or brown iris, and a long keel-shaped tail.
It wouldn't be a list of the best states in the USA for bird watching without including Alabama. Alabama's coast is known for being one of the top birding spots in the Southeast.
Common grackle: North America Quiscalus mexicanus: Great-tailed grackle: northwestern Venezuela and western Colombia and Ecuador in the south to Minnesota in the north, to Oregon, Idaho, and California in the west, to Florida in the east, with vagrants occurring as far north as southern Canada †Quiscalus palustris: Slender-billed grackle
Our ruby-throated hummingbirds, as they begin their long migration south, need more than just the ability to hover in front of a flower, delicately sipping nectar; they also need strength, stamina ...