Grackles get their name from graculus, the Latin word for jackdaw, a European black bird. The great-tailed grackle is distinguished from its close cousin the common grackle by its larger body, and ...

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'A roosting cacophony' As compared to a crow’s somewhat dull, black plumage, mature, male great-tailed grackles present a fairly uniform, iridescent, purple to blue body color.

His life-bird sighting of the great-tailed grackle occurred in McAlester, Oklahoma, on May 19, 1995. A century ago, their range extended no farther north than southern Texas.

Grackles are large blackbirds that have a reputation as bullies at feeders. There are three types of grackle birds to look for across America.

The Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a large, black bird known for its piercing yellow eyes and long, keel-shaped tail. These birds are highly changeable and adaptable and, therefore, can be ...

The grackle’s feathers look different in varied light, with flashes of violet, midnight blue, black and a brilliant emerald. The more they move, the more the colors reveal themselves.

Being large birds, they are around the size of the crow or American robin and are very noticeable in their large flocks. Grackles are known as great foragers, and if you hate spiders, they are birds ...

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Grackles are easy to recognize. They are big, black birds, and they appear very long, because they have conspicuous tails. In good light, they appear iridescent.

The all-black male resembles a crow with a long paddle-shaped tail. Grackles were traditionally shy birds but, attracted by urban food waste, they are moving cautiously into towns.