Quiscalus
| Quiscalus | |
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| Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816 |
| Species | |
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The avian genus Quiscalus contains six of the ten species of grackle, gregarious passerine birds in the icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The six species are:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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 | Quiscalus major | Boat-tailed grackle | Florida |
 | Quiscalus quiscula | Common grackle | North America. |
 | Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed grackle | northwest Venezuela and western Colombia and Ecuador in the south to Minnesota in the north, to Oregon, Idaho, and California in the west, to Florida in the east, with vagrants occurring as far north as southern Canada |
.jpg) | Quiscalus nicaraguensis | Nicaraguan grackle | Nicaragua and northernmost Costa Rica |
.jpg) | Quiscalus niger | Greater Antillean grackle | Greater Antilles |
 | Quiscalus lugubris | Carib grackle | Colombia east to Venezuela and north-eastern Brazil |
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