Quiscalus

Quiscalus
Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816
Species
Quiscalus major Quiscalus quiscula Quiscalus mexicanus Quiscalus palustris (extinct) Quiscalus nicaraguensis Quiscalus niger Quiscalus lugubris

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:

• Boat-tailed grackle, Quiscalus major
• Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
• Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
• Slender-billed grackle, Quiscalus palustris - extinct (1910)
• Nicaraguan grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
• Greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger
• Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quiscalus.

• Quiscalus videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection