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.