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Boat-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus major

The Boat-tailed Grackle is a shiny black bird with a long, beautiful tail that looks like a boat's tail! They are often seen in groups and love to make loud, cheerful sounds.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

The Boat-tailed Grackle is a large, glossy black bird with an iridescent purple-blue sheen, featuring a long, distinctive keeled tail in males. Females are smaller and duller, typically brown, differing significantly from the males in coloration.

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Boat-tailed Grackle

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Depending on where they live, their bright yellow eyes can even be dark brown!

Males are HUGE compared to females, often twice as heavy and much longer!

These clever birds sometimes steal food right from the mouths of other birds!

They nest in big noisy groups called colonies, sometimes with hundreds of birds flocking together!

Habilidades especiales

Boat-tailed Grackle can make many different sounds, including whistles and rasps, which helps them communicate and establish territories.

Boat-tailed Grackle has a long, stiff tail that acts like a rudder, helping them steer precisely during flight over wetlands.

Boat-tailed Grackle can eat almost anything, from tiny insects to small fish, because of their incredibly adaptable diet.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 28-43 cm
Envergadura: 40-50 cm
Peso: 0.09-0.25 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-14 años
Top Speed: 45 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-5
Incubación: 12-15 días

Dieta y alimentación

Boat-tailed Grackles are versatile eaters, enjoying bugs, fish, seeds, and even human snacks!

Alimentos principales

insects
crustaceans
small fish
seeds
berries
human scraps

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Young and adult grackles can be prey for these large raptors.

eats

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

Grackles forage for these crustaceans in shallow wetland waters.

eats

Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

They catch small fish like mummichogs in coastal marsh creeks.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Omnívoro

Este rasgo identifica organismos cuya dieta incluye tanto materia vegetal como animal.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Costero

Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.