Quiscalus

Taxobox
name = "Quiscalus"

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image_width = 220px
image_caption = Common Grackle, "Quiscalus quiscula"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Icteridae
genus = "Quiscalus"
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1816
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "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

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=203 Quiscalus videos] on the Internet Bird Collection