Boat-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus major

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Blackbirds and Orioles (Icteridae)

Code 4

BTGR

Code 6

QUIMAJ

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger, All-purpose, Curved (up or down)
Eye Color: Brown during first year, becoming pearl gray, then variable shades of yellow. Rarely, some birds' irises remain gray.
Head Pattern: Plain
Crown Color: Iridescent blue-black.
Forehead Color: Iridescent blue-black.
Nape Color: Iridescent blue-black.
Throat Color: Iridescent blue-black.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 30-43 cm (12-17 in)
Weight: 213 g (7.5 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Black, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: Iridescent blue-black.
Upperparts: Iridescent blue-black.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats., Strong direct flight on rapidly beating wings with long keeled tail extended behind.
Wingspan Range: 46-60 cm (18-23.5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Squared Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Iridescent blue-black.
Under Tail: Iridescent blue-black.
Leg Color: Black

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