Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus cf. mexicanus

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus cf. mexicanus Great tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I think yours is a female Quiscalus mexicanus. Very similar to Quiscalus nicaraguensis, which would have a much stronger white stripe above the eye.
Please, verify!
http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?l...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great-...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-taile...
Quiscalus nicaraguensis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_...
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/nicaraguan-...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/squesada/60...

deepskywim
Spotted by
deepskywim

Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 12, 2012
Submitted on Jan 16, 2014

Related Spottings

Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Common Grackle

Nearby Spottings

Brown Pelican Emerald Basilisk Bejuquilla verde Snake Bird
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team