Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus - Quiscale à longue queue

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Ictéridés
Genus
:
Quiscalus
Species
:
mexicanus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 33 à 43 cm
Wingspan
: 58 cm.
Weight
:

Longevity

12 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

Quiscalus mexicanus mexicanus (c Mexico to Nicaragua)
Quiscalus mexicanus nelsoni (sw USA and nw Mexico)
Quiscalus mexicanus graysoni (w Mexico)
Quiscalus mexicanus obscurus (sw Mexico)
Quiscalus mexicanus monsoni (wc USA to nc Mexico)
Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola (c and sc USA to ne Mexico)
Quiscalus mexicanus loweryi (Yucatán Pen.. se Mexico. , Belize and nearby islands)
Quiscalus mexicanus peruvianus (Costa Rica to Peru and Venezuela)

Foreign names

Quiscale à longue queue,
Zanate mexicano,
iraúna-mexicana,
Großschwanzgrackel,
mexikói csónakfarkú,
Langstaarttroepiaal,
Gracula codalunga,
mexikansk båtstjärt,
Storhaletrupial,
vlhovec člnkochvostý,
vlhovec velkoocasý,
Kragegrackel,
pitkäpyrstöturpiaali,
quíscal cua de faisà,
wilgowron meksykański,
lielastes pusvārnis,
Большехвостый гракл,
オナガクロムクドリモドキ,
大尾拟八哥,
mexikansk båtstjärt,
大尾擬八哥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas