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Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
29.7111, -95.5963
Field Notes
Description:
Great-tailed Grackles are long legged, flat headed, with straight bills. Male Great-tailed Grackles are iridescent black with piercing yellow eyes, and black bills and legs. Females are dark brown above, paler below, with a buff-colored throat and stripe above the eye. Juveniles have the female’s dark brown plumage, with streaked underparts and a dark eye.
Habitat:
Great-tailed Grackles live in rural and developed areas of the Midwest and West, foraging in agricultural fields and feedlots, and in suburbs including golf courses, cemeteries, parks, and neighborhood lawns. Large trees and vegetation edging marshes, lakes, and lagoons provide roosting and breeding sites.
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PublishedMay 29, 2014
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