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[[Image:Greater_antillean_grackle_juvie_by_Raybel.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Raybel|Raybel}}<br />Photographed:  Puerto Plata, [[Cayman Islands|Grand Cayman]] ]]
 
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[[Dictionary_M-S#P|Polytypic]], Seven subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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Revision as of 22:30, 29 June 2014

Quiscalus niger
Photo by John Keep
Photographed: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Identification

Adult male has yellow eyes and is glossy black with a deep V shape in the tail. Female duller and less strong V. Juvenile even duller and with medium brown eyes.

Distribution

Greater Antilles: Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

Juvenile
Photo by Raybel
Photographed: Puerto Plata, Grand Cayman

Taxonomy

Polytypic, Seven subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • Q. n. caribaeus
  • Q. n. gundlachii
  • Q. n. caymanensis
  • Q. n. bangsi
  • Q. n. crassirostris
  • Q. n. niger
  • Q. n. brachypterus

Habitat

Pastures, farms, scrub, parking lots and other open and edge areas in lowlands.

Behaviour

Usually occur in flocks, and outside of breeding season may roost in vary large flocks often at electrical substations.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054

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