Quiscalus

So, I e-mailed the pictures to John, who writes A DC Birding Blog, and he identified it as a female boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major).

Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009

Furthermore, human commensal species, such as great-tailed grackle Quiscalus mexiccanus and bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus, normally increase in number around human settlements and result in the loss of nesting success in other birds.

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, Belize 2009

So, I e-mailed the pictures to John, who writes A DC Birding Blog, and he identified it as a female boat-tailed grackle Quiscalus major.

Boat-tailed grackle from Florida AYDIN 2009

Tragically, the imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis, CR), currently listed as Critically Endangered and once the largest woodpecker in the world, is now almost certainly extinct, and the slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris), once endemic to the marshlands around Mexico City, was driven to extinction early last century.

Biological diversity in the Madrean pine-oak woodlands 2008

Another endemic, slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris), is now almost certainly extinct.

Central Mexican wetlands 2007

To be exact and scientific, Brewer's blackbirds belong to the genus _Icolecophagus_, and the grackles to the genus _Quiscalus_.

Birds of the Rockies 1896

Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula).

Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879