Texas
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
(L 15-18" WS 19-23" WT 3.7-7 oz)
Has many raucous noisy
calls...expanded from Mexico
to much of southwest US.
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Sundstrom
© Wikipedia
Quiscalus in Latin means what kind
referring to Linnaeus’s original
description of the Purple Grackle.
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Society
South Padre Island
18April2021
Estero Llano Grande St Pk
18Apr2010