
Female Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in a Palm tree, Bird Portrait, Costa Rica.
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Female Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in a Palm tree, Bird Portrait, Costa Rica.

American Boat-tailed Grackle on the look out for food

The Great-Tailed Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a highly social North and South American medium-sized songbird. The males are glossy black and iridescent and the females are brown and drab colored. Although the grackle is black, it is not a blackbird. It is sometimes mistaken for a crow but is not a member of that family either. Great-tailed grackles originally came from the tropical lowlands of Central and South America but over the past 140 years have spread into North America. Grackles forage in pastures, wetlands and mangroves for a wide variety of food. They eat larvae, insects, nestlings, worms, tadpoles, fish and eggs. They remove parasites from cattle and eat fruits and grains. Grackles are highly intelligent birds that can solve complex problems to get food. The male grackle has a distinctive noisy call. They communally roost in trees at night and during the breeding season they build a nest in the trees. This female grackle was photographed at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

A tawny-brown female boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major) perching in the high sawgrassin the Everglades, 16:9

A female Great tailed grackle on a branch on a beach in Costa Rica.

American Boat-tailed Grackle on the look out for food

A wild great-tailed grackle on a lake in a park in Colorado.

Two black boat-tailed grackle perched on wood with a blurred background

The Great-Tailed Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a highly social North and South American medium-sized songbird. The males are glossy black and iridescent and the females are brown and drab colored. Although the grackle is black, it is not a blackbird. It is sometimes mistaken for a crow but is not a member of that family either. Great-tailed grackles originally came from the tropical lowlands of Central and South America but over the past 140 years have spread into North America. Grackles forage in pastures, wetlands and mangroves for a wide variety of food. They eat larvae, insects, nestlings, worms, tadpoles, fish and eggs. They remove parasites from cattle and eat fruits and grains. Grackles are highly intelligent birds that can solve complex problems to get food. The male grackle has a distinctive noisy call. They communally roost in trees at night and during the breeding season they build a nest in the trees. This female grackle was photographed at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

The Great-Tailed Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a highly social North and South American medium-sized songbird. The males are glossy black and iridescent and the females are brown and drab colored. Although the grackle is black, it is not a blackbird. It is sometimes mistaken for a crow but is not a member of that family either. Great-tailed grackles originally came from the tropical lowlands of Central and South America but over the past 140 years have spread into North America. Grackles forage in pastures, wetlands and mangroves for a wide variety of food. They eat larvae, insects, nestlings, worms, tadpoles, fish and eggs. They remove parasites from cattle and eat fruits and grains. Grackles are highly intelligent birds that can solve complex problems to get food. The male grackle has a distinctive noisy call. They communally roost in trees at night and during the breeding season they build a nest in the trees. This female grackle was photographed at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Female grackle calling angrily from the top of large lake plants

Female grackle calling angrily from the top of large lake plants

A female great-tailed grackle, or Mexican grackle, (Quiscalus mexicanus) stands on a pole.

Female grackle calling angrily from the top of large lake plants

Grackle is standing on a pier in Harbour Town in the morning hours. Bird is looking toward the right.

Grackle is lifting its foot as it faces the camera on a pier in Harbour Town. The pier provides the background.

Grackle is in profile as it stands on the pier in Harbour Town. Bird is positioned on right side of photo looking toward the left. The pier provides the background.

The brown plumage shown of the female boat tail grackle gathering grass and twigs for her nest. Springtime in the Viera wetland where birds scurry to prepare for their young.

The brown plumage shown of the female boat tail grackle gathering grass and twigs for her nest. Springtime in the Viera wetland where birds scurry to prepare for their young.

A female Great tailed grackle on a branch on a beach in Costa Rica.

Common Grackle, male & female a rare sighting both together perched on a tree branch overlooking the river Location Victoria Lake, Stratford ON CA

Grackle is bending down and looking sideways at movement on the pier in Harbour Town. Bird is in profile and photo is a close-up. The pier provides the background.

Female grackle perched on and calling out from overgrown lake plants

A female Boat-tailed Grackle perching on a small branch at Amistad National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

Boat-tailed Grackle habitat in marshy grassland of central Florida. The Boat tailed Grackle is a large black bird bird 12-18 inches that has iridescent feathers with a purple hue close up. The female is the smaller at near 12 inches but is brown. The name comes from the keel shaped tail feathers.

Grackle is standing on a pier in Sea Pines on a warm bright morning. The pier provides the background. Bird is facing camera and looking right.

Great-tailed Grackle female resting on a fallen tree

Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus Mexicans, bird in Costa Rica, fishing on the shore

Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus Mexicans, bird in Costa Rica, fishing on the shore

Great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus Mexicans, bird in Costa Rica, fishing on the shore

A female Boat-tailed Grackle perching on a small branch at Amistad National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

A female great tailed grackle, or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) at the edge of the water on Struve Slough in Watsonville, California

The female Grackle is balancing on the fence of the reservoir.

Boat-tailed Grackle perched on a branch in the wetlands.

Desert Tristram female perched on tree branch. Judean Desert, Israel.

Boat-tailed grackle close up headshot in Charleston, SC.

Boat-tailed grackle close up headshot in Charleston, SC.

Place: Masada, Israel. Date taken: 10-14-12.

Portrait of female grackles watching their male counterparts in a conifer.

Close Up of a female Grackle perched on barbed wire

Female great-tailed grackle bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) foraging for food on the ground

Place: Masada, Israel. Date taken: 10-14-12.

Female Boattail Grackle on thin reed or stick with trees in blackground

Place: Masada, Israel. Date taken: 10-14-12.

Female great-tailed grackle bird (Quiscalus mexicanus) foraging for food on the ground

Place: Masada, Israel. Date taken: 10-14-12.

Female Boattail Grackle on thin reed or stick with trees in blackground

Female Brewer’s blackbird (also known as the common grackle) in flight

The Great-Tailed Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a highly social North and South American medium-sized songbird. The males are glossy black and iridescent and the females are brown and drab colored. Although the grackle is black, it is not a blackbird. It is sometimes mistaken for a crow but is not a member of that family either. Great-tailed grackles originally came from the tropical lowlands of Central and South America but over the past 140 years have spread into North America. Grackles forage in pastures, wetlands and mangroves for a wide variety of food. They eat larvae, insects, nestlings, worms, tadpoles, fish and eggs. They remove parasites from cattle and eat fruits and grains. Grackles are highly intelligent birds that can solve complex problems to get food. The male grackle has a distinctive noisy call. They communally roost in trees at night and during the breeding season they build a nest in the trees. This female grackle was photographed at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Female Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in a Palm tree, Bird Portrait, Costa Rica.