Icterid
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Icterids or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae, of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Mo
Bullock's Oriole
Breeding male Brewer's blackbird apparently gaping (see text) in soil
Yellow Headed Blackbird "Posing" for the Camera
Bobolink at Lake Woodruff Flickr Andrea Westmoreland
Common grackle
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The common grackle is an icterid bird found in large numbers through much of North America. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus and has three officially recognized subspecies. Adult common
Icterid
…Ptiloxena atroviolacea Euphagus Cassin, 1867 Rusty blackbird, Euphagus carolinus Brewer's blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816 Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula Nicaraguan grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris Greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger Boat-tailed…
Common grackle in PP
Grackle foraging in a shallow stream; full rainbows are visible in its iridescent feathers.
Grackle close up, standing by intact and pulled corn sprouts. Common grackles damage corn by pulling up newly sprouted plants.
Top: Unmarked live oak acorns. Middle: Acorns scored by common grackles, but dropped before being cracked open. Bottom: Pieces of acorns that have been scored, cracked open, and eaten by common grackles.