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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 ...
“These species form large groups on the wintering grounds and during migration, ... Common Grackles or Brown-headed Cowbirds. All of these birds forage on the ground, ...
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.
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
Species to watch out for include the Northern Cardinal, Common Starling, Dark-eyed Juno, and Common Grackle. 20. Kansas. ... During their annual migration in March and April, it's a sight to ...
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 loon, Gavia immer — historically, the bird rarely nests in Connecticut and no recent nesting was observed up to 2004 in the state; rather common in spring and fall during migration; found in coastal waters, large lakes, and reservoirs; most likely to be seen in eastern Long Island Sound; pollution (particularly acidified lakes which ...
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...