Grackle
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Grackle is the common name of any of eleven (usually) black passerine birds native to North and South America. All are members of the Icterid family but belong to multiple genera.
- Genus Quiscalus
- Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major
- Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
- Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
- Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris - extinct (1910)
- Nicaraguan Grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Greater Antillean Grackle, Quiscalus niger
- Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris
- Genus Hypopyrrhus
- Red-bellied Grackle, Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
- Genus Lampropsar
- Velvet-fronted Grackle, Lampropsar tanagrinus
- Genus Macroagelaius
- Golden-tufted Grackle, Macroagelaius imthurni
- Mountain Grackle, Macroagelaius subalaris
Some members of the starling family have historically been called as grackles. Tristram's Starling, Onychognathus tristramiiis, is sometimes known as "Tristram's Grackle" and the hill mynas in the genus Gracula have also been called as grackles.
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