Great-tailed grackle / Dohlengrackel (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Classification: Genus Quiscalus; Family New world blackbirds, orioles and allies (Icteridae)
General:

The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae, it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle.^[2] In the southern United States, it is sometimes simply referred to as "blackbird" or (erroneously) "crow"^[3] due to its glossy black plumage, and similarly it is often called cuervo ("crow") in some parts of Mexico, although it is not a member of the crow genus Corvus, nor even of the family Corvidae. [more]

Song: Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
Fehraltorf 2021-03-18 16:52:18 ♫ 2021-03-18 16:52:18 Fehraltorf (song)

First documented observation: 2018-02-12 in Costa Rica. Most recent observation: 2023-04-20 in Yucatan.

Media

Great-tailed grackle eats fruit while much smaller hooded oriole waits its turn. 2023-04-16 07:15:32 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 500 Exposure 1/1000	Great-tailed grackle conflict in Izamal. 2023-04-12 07:10:20 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 800 Exposure 1/500	Great tailed grackle bathes at hotel Fray Diego in Merida. 2023-04-08 11:05:38 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 640 Exposure 0.001
Great tailed grackle drinking at Casa San Diego, Tulum. 2023-03-29 17:07:52 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 800 Exposure 0.002	A great tailed grackle nesting next to our hotel. 2023-03-26 13:55:14 Yucatan NIKON D5600 ISO 500 Exposure 0.001

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Traveling in Central America / Vacation in the Yucatan peninsula.