Boat-tailed Grackle
About the Boat-tailed Grackle
The Boat-tailed Grackle is a medium-to-large sized shiny black songbird. The range of this species is coasts along the southeast of the United States; in Florida they are found inland as well as in coastal habitats. Part of their western range overlaps with the similar species Great-tailed Grackle.
Boat-tailed Grackles are highly sexually dimorphic; males and females vary in both plumage and size. Male Boat-tailed Grackles have iridescent and shiny black plumage, with a long, keel-shaped tail. Females are smaller and warm brown in plumage.
The Boat-tailed Grackle has a large range and its population trend is increasing as of December 2013. Their conservation status is therefore Least Concern.
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Details & Statistics
Added to Birdorable
Hatched December 22, 2013
Scientific Name
Quiscalus major
Bird Family
Measurements
Length:
10.2 to 14.6 inches
(25.9 to 37.1 cm)
Wingspan:
15.4 to 19.7 inches
(39.1 to 50 cm)
Weight:
3.3 to 8.4 ounces
(93.6 to 238.1 grams)
International Names
Chinese
宽尾拟八哥
Czech
vlhovec člunoocasý
Danish
Bådhalet Grackel
Dutch
Bootstaarttroepiaal
Finnish
mölyturpiaali
French
Quiscale des marais
German
Bootschwanzgrackel
Italian
Gracchio maggiore americano
Japanese
キタオナガクロムクドリモドキ [funaokuromukudorimodoki]
Norwegian
Båthaletrupial
Polish
wilgowron zaglosterny
Russian
Большой вороний дрозд
Spanish
Zanate Marismeño
Swedish
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