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 LC    Boat-tailed Grackle* Id (Atlas):
    Quiscalus major

Description (10)
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Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
38 - 42 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vieillot, 1819

Habitat
Inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Canada, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (122)...)

 
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) [XC875301]
     by Don Jones from Gueydan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States (call, duet, 2 males)

 
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) [XC371593]
     by Peter Boesman from Whittaker Lake Rd, Seminole County, Georgia, United States (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to, and may form a superspecies with, Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) and occasional hybrids between the two reported along coast of southern USA (in Texas and Louisiana).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • torreyi (Harper, 1934)   -  Eastern USA from Long I (New York) southern along coast to northern Florida.
  • westoni (Sprunt Jr, 1934)   -  Most of peninsular Florida.
  • major Vieillot, 1819   -  South-eastern Texas eastern along coast to extreme south-western Mississippi.
  • alabamensis Stevenson, HM, 1978   -  Southern Mississippi eastern along coast to north-western Florida.



References
See References.


Files:
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