Greater Antillean Grackle

Antillengrackel ( Quiscalus niger)

The Antillengrackel ( Quiscalus niger) is a bird belonging to the family of blackbirds ( Icteridae ).

It inhabits the vegetation on the coasts and near marshes in the Greater Antilles, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the Cayman Islands.

The plumage of the Antillengrackel is uniformly black with bright yellow eyes. Like all Grackeln she has long legs with powerful claws, a long black powerful beak and a long fan-shaped keel -shaped tail. The females are smaller than males. They feed on berries, insects and other invertebrates.

Subspecies

The recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System subspecies are:

  • Quiscalus niger niger ( Boddaert, 1783)
  • Quiscalus niger caribaeus ( Todd, 1916)
  • Quiscalus niger gundlachii Cassin, 1867
  • Quiscalus niger caymanensis Cory, 1886
  • Quiscalus niger Bangsi (J. L. Peters, 1921)
  • Quiscalus niger crassirostris Swainson, 1838
  • Quiscalus niger brachypterus Cassin, 1867
Genus Walter Edmond Clyde Todd John Cassin James Lee Peters
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