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Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Icteridae

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. In the southern and southwestern United States, the grackle is sometimes referred to simply as a "blackbird" or (erroneously) a "crow" due to its glossy black plumage; however, grackles form their own unique genus that is separate from other "blackbirds", such as the red-winged and…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 518Spain · 51United Kingdom · 31Brazil · 2