Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus majorVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Boat-tailed Grackle
The Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Quiscalus major
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Quiscalus major torreyi
- Quiscalus major westoni
- Quiscalus major alabamensis
- Quiscalus major major
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- Mexico and Louisiana; New-Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, designated by Lowery, 1938, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., no. 1, p. 4.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 28 p.487
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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