Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Common Grackle
The Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 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 quiscula
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Common Grackle
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Quiscalus quiscula versicolor
- Quiscalus quiscula stonei
- Quiscalus quiscula quiscula
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- G[racula] Quiscula
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'in America septentrionali' ; coast of South Carolina designated by Wayne, 1918, Auk, 35, p. 440.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.109
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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