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Common Grackle - BirdForum Opus

Quiscalus quiscula
Photo by KCFoggin (Location: Myrtle Beach, SC)

Description

The Common Grackle can be distinguished from a crow by the bright eyes; faint bluish, greenish, or bronzy irridescent hood; long, heavy bill; distinctive keel-shaped tail; and smaller size (a bit larger than an American Robin with a longer tail).

Identification

Voice

Harsh, grating calls.

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