Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (4)
William Post, Joe P. Poston, and G. Thomas Bancroft
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 5, 2014
Text last updated September 5, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голям трупиал |
| Catalan | quíscal d'aiguamoll |
| Croatian | dugorepi vranjak |
| Czech | vlhovec člunoocasý |
| Dutch | Bootstaarttroepiaal |
| English | Boat-tailed Grackle |
| English (United States) | Boat-tailed Grackle |
| Estonian | padura-händturpial |
| Finnish | mölyturpiaali |
| French | Quiscale des marais |
| French (Canada) | Quiscale des marais |
| German | Bootschwanzgrackel |
| Icelandic | Glæsisóti |
| Japanese | キタオナガクロムクドリモドキ |
| Norwegian | båthaletrupial |
| Polish | wilgowron żaglosterny |
| Russian | Лодкохвостый гракл |
| Serbian | Širokorepi kukuruzar |
| Slovak | vlhovec pobrežný |
| Spanish | Zanate Marismeño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zanate marismeño |
| Swedish | större båtstjärt |
| Turkish | Denizci Kiskal |
| Ukrainian | Гракл прибережний |
Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819
PROTONYM:
Quiscalus major
Vieillot, 1819. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 28, p.487.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico and Louisiana; New-Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, designated by Lowery, 1938, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., no. 1, p. 4.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- QUISCALUS
- major
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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- Migration
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- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Boat-tailed Grackle.
In winter, a few individuals may wander south of known breeding range (central coastal Texas); see text for details.
