A photo of a Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), male
Great-tailed Grackle, Male

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

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 United States, it is sometimes simply referred to as "blackbird" or (erroneously) "crow" due to its glossy black plumage, and similarly it is often called cuervo ("raven") in some parts of Mexico, although it is not a member of the crow genus Corvus, nor even of the family Corvidae.
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Felix Edge-Partington
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 12:57pm
Costa Rica
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Michael Thompson
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 2:04am
United States
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Dave Wisner
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 7:28pm
United States
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Justine Rodriguez Birding Adventurers
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 5:08pm
United States
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