Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, breeds from the southern United States through western and northern South America. It is a passerine in the family Icteridae and is also known as the Mexican grackle. A medium-sized bird, it is highly social and belongs to the grackle group. In the southern and southwestern United States it is sometimes called a blackbird, and in some places a crow, while in parts of Mexico it may be called cuervo. It is not part of the crow family, and it is distinct from other blackbirds despite sharing the same family.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds

Breeding range

North America, Middle America, South America: s USA through w, n SA