Quiscalus

The avian genus Quiscalus contains seven of the 11 species of grackles, gregarious passerine birds in the icterid family. They are native to North and South America.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyIcteridae

Observations recorded18,090,818

Los quiscales o zanates son un género de aves americanas de la familia Icteridae. Especies Quiscalus lugubris (Zanate caribeño) Quiscalus major (Zanate pico de bote) Quiscalus mexicanus (Zanate mexicano) Quiscalus nicaraguensis (Zanate nicaragüense) Quiscalus niger (Zanate antillano) Quiscalus palustris (extinto) (Zanate del Lerma) Quiscalus quiscula (Zanate norteño)

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 274
With media: 137
Family: Icteridae
Collections: UTEP, LSUMZ, CUMV, ABS, DMNS, KSTC
Recorded in: United States, Mexico

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Icteridae
Image: Quiscalus major -Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA -male-8.jpg

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Commons category: Quiscalus
taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Quiscalus
topic's main category: Category:Quiscalus
Commons gallery: Quiscalus

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The avian genus Quiscalus contains seven of the 11 species of grackles, gregarious passerine birds in the icterid family. They are native to North and South America.

The genus was named and described by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) by English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840. The genus name comes from the specific name Gracula quiscula coined by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus for the common grackle. From where Linnaeus obtained the word is uncertain, but it may come from the Taíno word quisqueya, meaning "mother of all lands", for the island of Hispaniola.

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