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Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle 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, grackles form their own unique genus that is separate from other "blackbirds", such as the red-winged and Brewer's blackbirds, despite being in the same family (Icteridae). Superficially, Brewer's blackbird is one of the most visually similar species to grackles.
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Recordings (32)
| ID↑↓ | Recordist↑↓ | Date▲ | Country↑↓ | Location↑↓ | Type↑↓ | Quality↑↓ | Duration↑↓ | License↑↓ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XC133973 | Dan Lane | 1990-07-11 | United States | Patagonia Lake, Santa Cruz County, AZ | begging call, call, song | B | 2:49 | |||
| XC953807 | Jelle Scharringa | 1991-04-17 | Guatemala | La Union Barrios, Salamá, Baja Verapaz Department | song | A | 0:43 | |||
| XC260029 | John V. Moore | 2003-03-00 | Ecuador | Manabí: Pedernales | call | A | 0:11 | |||
| XC260028 | John V. Moore | 2003-03-00 | Ecuador | Manabí: Pedernales | flight call | A | 0:13 | |||
| XC260027 | John V. Moore | 2003-03-00 | Ecuador | Manabí: Pedernales | call | A | 0:24 | |||
| XC351566 | Frank Lambert | 2015-04-11 | Mexico | Cocodrilario de San Blas, Nayarit | call | A | 0:59 | |||
| XC306689 | Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado | 2015-11-05 | Ecuador | Casitas, Jambelí, El Oro | call | A | 0:46 | |||
| XC306148 | Nick Komar | 2016-02-19 | United States | Lake Skinner County Park, Riverside County, California | call | A | 0:28 | |||
| XC306154 | Nick Komar | 2016-02-19 | United States | Lake Skinner County Park, Riverside County, California | begging call, call | A | 0:20 | |||
| XC306187 | Nick Komar | 2016-02-19 | United States | Lake Skinner County Park, Riverside County, California | song | A | 0:12 | |||
| XC325374 | Jim Holmes | 2016-07-03 | United States | Mather Lake, Sacramento County, California | call, song | A | 0:26 | |||
| XC383781 | Manuel Grosselet | 2017-08-20 | Mexico | Lomas de Bezares Miguel Hidalgo Mexico city | begging call, call | A | 0:09 | |||
| XC445585 | Richard E. Webster | 2018-07-22 | Mexico | Alamos, Sonora | call, song | A | 0:43 | |||
| XC498632 | Richard E. Webster | 2019-04-25 | Mexico | Parque Ecologico Metropolitano, Tepic, Nayarit | call, song | C | 0:32 | |||
| XC498630 | Richard E. Webster | 2019-04-25 | Mexico | Parque Ecologico Metropolitano, Tepic, Nayarit | call, song | C | 1:10 | |||
| XC497191 | Guy Kirwan | 2019-07-21 | Costa Rica | Infiernillo, Ujarrás, Cartago | call | A | 1:16 | |||
| XC494106 | Isain Contreras Rodríguez | 2019-08-24 | Mexico | Privanzas Los Mochis Ahome, Sinaloa | call | B | 0:02 | |||
| XC624549 | Richard E. Webster | 2019-12-07 | United States | San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Cochise County, Arizona | song | C | 0:58 | |||
| XC546871 | Brendan Sloan | 2020-03-04 | Costa Rica | Tarcoles River mouth | call | B | 0:16 | |||
| XC564955 | Brendan Sloan | 2020-03-07 | Costa Rica | Playa Sandalos Osa Peninsula | call, song | B | 1:50 | |||