Common grackle Quiscalus quiscula
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Length: 10-12 inches
Very long tail
Long bill
Frequently gathers in large flocks ...
Common Grackle
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Common Grackle
Relatives in same Genus
Great-tailed Grackle (Q. mexicanus) ...
Common Grackle Behaviour
No observations regarding Common Grackle behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Common Grackles ...
The Common Grackle is a dark bird longer than most blackbirds, slimmer than most crows, and very iridescent with long center-creased tail, found in a variety of open habitats with trees, including urban areas, parks, riparian areas, ...
Common Grackle
(Quiscalus quiscula)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus)
Status Common in summer, uncommon in winter. Breeds. The species was considered rare in several nineteenth-century accounts.
Common Grackle
Adult male
Glossy overall (may show blue, green, and purple)
Yellow eye
Very long, large tail
Long, sleek shape
© Jim Gilbert, New Jersey, October 2008 ...
Common grackles are found in open areas with scattered trees (preferably coniferous), including around human habitation. They can also be found in farmlands, orchards and swamps.
Common grackles build their nests from mud and coarse grasses,
lined with finer grass. They nest in colonies, often in coniferous
trees, sometimes in brushes. They lay 3 to 7 bluish white eggs,
speckled and spotted brown to black.
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in open woodlands, especially those with pines and grassy areas; also fields with short grasses or in cultivated fields. Low Conservation Concern.
Common Grackle
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Horned Grebe
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Common Grackle occurs in most of the eastern United States all year. It spends only the breeding season in the Great Plains and in extreme northern portions of the United States and some of Canada.
Brown-headed cowbirds travel during the day, often as part of large mixed-species flocks with other blackbirds: red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), and, ...
Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
Nicaraguan Grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger
Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris ...
Similar Species: Boat-tailed Grackle, Common Grackle
Conservation Status: Expanding in range and numbers.
Bird Feeders: Will attend feeders for various seeds and nuts.
Presumably these are Great-tailed Grackles, though they could be the smaller Common Grackles. Though the avian aggression seems to be associated with protection of offspring, I wonder if it isn't at least partially motivated by politics.
Adult male Great-tailed grackles can be distinguished from common grackles by their all over purple iridecense, larger size, and large keel shaped tail.
PURPLE GRAKLE, OR COMMON CROW-BLACKBIRD.
[Common Grackle.]
QUISCALUS VERSICOLOR, Vieill.
[Quiscalus quiscula.] ...
Significant differences in abundance were not found, or differences were too inconsistent to make conclusions, for Killdeer, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Common Grackle, ...
Grackle Applied to members of the family of old world blackbirds. The plumage of the purple or common grackle of the Atlantic coastal region is black with metallic hues, iridescent in sunlight.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 from various spots around the bay
Red-winged Blackbird/Common Grackles - Several thousand, but not like
the "river" of a few years ago.
Rusty Blackbird - 6. Nice views off Squamscott Road.
 See also: Cowbird, Purple, Brown-headed Cowbird, Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark
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