Quiscalus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Medieval Latin quiscula (“a quail”) (also other spellings)

Proper noun

Quiscalus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – six of the ten species called grackles, of the New World.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Icteridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): 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

Coordinate terms

(genus): golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni), mountain grackle (Macroagelaius spp.); red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster); velvet-fronted grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) - other species called grackles

References

Quiscalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Quiscalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Quiscalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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