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Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819
Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major, is a passerine in the Icteridae family that breeds in eastern and south-eastern USA. It lives along the coasts of the South-eastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, especially in coastal saltwater marshes and across the Florida peninsula. It also occurs in several Gulf Coast towns and cities, where it uses human activity as cover and feeds around rubbish. Its nest is a hidden cup placed in trees or shrubs close to water. The species was first described by Vieillot in 1819.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Breeding range
- North America: e, se USA
