Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Spanish: Zanate
The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae, it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle. In the southern and southwestern United States, the grackle is sometimes referred to simply as a "blackbird" or (erroneously) a "crow" due to its glossy black plumage;
- 2026-10-03 — observation by adrian_mora
- 2026-09-09 — observation by cvanduelmen
- 2026-08-09 — observation by keith_star
- 2026-07-27 — observation by bastian_zarzab
- 2026-07-24 — observation by salvador67
- 2026-07-06 — observation by adrian_mora
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Cite as: “Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/quiscalus-mexicanus/, updated 2026-10-18. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.