Another endemic, slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris), is now almost certainly extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Central Mexican wetlands] Reference
So, I e-mailed the pictures to John, who writes A DC Birding Blog, and he identified it as a female boat-tailed grackle Quiscalus major. From Wordnik.com. [Boat-tailed grackle from Florida] Reference
So, I e-mailed the pictures to John, who writes A DC Birding Blog, and he identified it as a female boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Furthermore, human commensal species, such as great-tailed grackle Quiscalus mexiccanus and bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus, normally increase in number around human settlements and result in the loss of nesting success in other birds. From Wordnik.com. [Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize] Reference
Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). From Wordnik.com. [Winter Sunshine] Reference
Grackle, Boat-tailed Quiscalus major 56, 70. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
(Quiscalus) was busy amongst the cattle. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
Quiscalus, called "sanate" by the natives. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
The Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Quiscalus. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
The forests of this ecoregion also have species that have disappeared at other points in Cuba such Cuban pygmy owl (Glaucidium siju), sijú cotunto (Gymnoglaux lawrenci), garzas reales, las cotorras (Aratinga eups and Amazona leucocephala), zunzuncito, Blue-headed pigeon (Starnoenas cyanocephala), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) and Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), or passeriforms like the chillina (Terestristis fernandinae), cabrero (Spindalis zena), chichinguaco (Quiscalus niger), mayito de ciénaga (Agelaius phoeniseus) and the tomeguines de la tierra (Tiaris olivacea) and pinar (Tiaris canora), which are also currently extremely vulnerable as a result of constant transformations occurring in their habitats. From Wordnik.com. [Cuban wetlands] Reference
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