Great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Species:	Quiscalus mexicanus
Common:	Great-tailed grackle

The Great-tailed grackle is a passerine bird of the Icterid family. It ranges from Texas to California in the United States south to Peru and Venezuela.

Identification

Adult Male

The adult male great-tailed grackle is iridescent black with a purplish-blue sheen. It has yellow eyes, a long, graduated, keel-shaped tail and moderately long, strong black legs.

Adult Female

The adult female great-tailed grackle is dusky brown with darker wings and tail. It has yellow eyes, a buffy eyestripe and throat and cinnamon buff to buffy-brown on the belly. It has a long tail that is only slightly keeled, if at all. The bill and legs are black.

Immature

Immatures birds are brown like the female, with streaked underparts and dark eyes.