大尾鹩哥

分类位置

同属物种

船尾拟八哥

Boat-tailed Grackle

Carib Grackle

Carib Grackle

普通擬八哥

Common Grackle

黑拟八哥

Greater Antillean Grackle

尼加拉瓜拟八哥

Nicaraguan Grackle

墨西哥擬八哥

Slender-billed Grackle

形态与习性

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. In the southern and southwestern United States, the grackle is sometimes referred to simply as a "blackbird" or (erroneously) a "crow" due to its glossy black plumage; however, grackle