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Boat-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus major

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 7,389, February 7,067, March 8,028, April 15,234, May 9,334, June 4,530, July 4,075, August 4,205, September 4,997, October 5,323, November 6,932, December 6,719.
Texas83,833
Virginia53,260
New York46,580
Maryland44,007
United States34,881
Mississippi17,972
Connecticut5,218
North Carolina2,503
South Carolina2,264
Massachusetts1,697

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Traits

Dietary

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyNew World Blackbirds and Orioles · Icteridae
GenusTypical Grackles · Quiscalus

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