Carib Grackle

Quiscalus lugubris - Quiscale merle

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Ictéridés

  • Genus
    :

    Quiscalus

  • Species
    :

    lugubris

Descriptor

Swainson, 1838

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 49 à 80 g
Longevity

15 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Quiscale merle
♂ adult
Quiscale merle
♀ adult

Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

  • Quiscalus lugubris lugubris (Trinidad, n Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil)
  • Quiscalus lugubris guadeloupensis (nc Lesser Antilles)
  • Quiscalus lugubris inflexirostris (St. Lucia. c Lesser Antilles.)
  • Quiscalus lugubris luminosus (Grenadines and Granada. s Lesser Antilles. , Los Testigos (off ne Venezuela))
  • Quiscalus lugubris orquillensis (Los Hermanos. off ne Venezuela.)
  • Quiscalus lugubris insularis (Margarita I. and Los Frailes. off ne Venezuela.)
  • Quiscalus lugubris contrusus (St. Vincent. s Lesser Antilles.)
  • Quiscalus lugubris fortirostris (Barbados. s Lesser Antilles. , introduced to Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts (c Lesser Antilles))

Foreign names

  • Quiscale merle,
  • Zanate caribeño,
  • iraúna-do-norte,
  • Trauergrackel,
  • karibi csónakfarkú,
  • Caribische Troepiaal,
  • Gracula dei Caraibi,
  • karibbåtstjärt,
  • Sørgetrupial,
  • vlhovec karibský,
  • vlhovec karibský,
  • Caribergrackel,
  • pihaturpiaali,
  • quíscal del Carib,
  • wilgowron żałobny,
  • Траурный гракл,
  • コクロムクドリモドキ,
  • 辉拟八哥,
  • 加勒比擬八哥,

Voice song and cries

Quiscale merle
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Quiscale merle

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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