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Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The great-tailed grackle or Mexican grackle is a medium-sized, highly social passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the family Icteridae, it is one of 10 extant species of grackle and is closely related to the boat-tailed grackle and the extinct slender-billed grackle. In the southern United States, it is sometimes simply referred to as "blackbird" or (erroneously) "crow" due to its glossy black plumage, and similarly it is often called cuervo ("raven") in some parts of Mexico, although it is not a member of the crow genus Corvus, nor even of the family Corvidae. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Icteridae
Genus:
   Quiscalus
Scientific:
  Quiscalus mexicanus


Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  C[orvus] mexicanus

Type locality:
  'in nova Hispania' (cf. Peters, 1929, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 42, p. 121) ; restricted to region about Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, by Lowery, 1938, Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., no. 1, p. 4.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2896975


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5CBA339176A501A5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5CBA3391

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5CBA3391


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179109

Geographic range:

  • Quiscalus mexicanus mexicanus: southern Mexico (eastern Jalisco and San Luis Potosí) to northern Nicaragua
  • Quiscalus mexicanus monsoni: southeastern Arizona to western Texas and Mexican Plateau to Jalisco and Guanajuato
  • Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola: southeastern New Mexico to southern Texas (USA), and Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, and southern Tamaulipas (northern Mexico)
  • Quiscalus mexicanus loweryi: coastal Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, and adjacent offshore islands
  • Quiscalus mexicanus peruvianus: Pacific coast of Costa Rica to northwestern Peru and northwestern Venezuela
  • Quiscalus mexicanus graysoni: coastal northwestern Mexico (Sinaloa)
  • Quiscalus mexicanus nelsoni: southeastern California to southern Arizona and western Mexico (northeastern Baja California and southern Sonora)
  • Quiscalus mexicanus obscurus: coastal southwestern Mexico (Nayarit to Guerrero)
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English:
Great-tailed Grackle
Catalan:
quíscal cua de faisà
Czech:
vlhovec velkoocasý
Danish:
Kragegrackel
German:
Großschwanzgrackel
Spanish:
Zanate Mexicano
Spanish (Spain):
Zanate Mexicano
Finnish:
pitkäpyrstöturpiaali
French:
Quiscale à longue queue
Croatian:
lepezastorepi vranjak
Hungarian:
mexikói csónakfarkú
Icelandic:
Bátsóti
Italian:
Gracula codalunga
Japanese (romaji):
onagakuromukudorimodoki
Japanese:
オナガクロムクドリモドキ
Lithuanian:
stambiauodegis kviskalas
Dutch:
Langstaarttroepiaal
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storhaletrupial
Norwegian:
Storhaletrupial
Polish:
wilgowron meksykański
Portuguese:
iraúna-mexicana
Portuguese (Portugal):
rabo-de-quilha-mexicano
Russian:
Большехвостый гракл
Slovak:
vlhovec člnkochvostý
Serbian:
Dugorepi kukuruzar
Swedish:
mexikobåtstjärt
Ukrainian:
Гракл великохвостий
Chinese:
大尾拟八哥
Chinese (Traditional):
大尾擬八哥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus macrourus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Quiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
Megaquiscalus major macrourus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Cassidix mexicanus mexicanus [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Cassidix mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Quiscale à longue queue ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Quiscale à longue queue ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Cassidix mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Cassidix mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Quiscalus mexicanus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Quiscalus mexicanus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Quiscalus mexicanus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Great-tailed Grackle ( Quiscalus mexicanus)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Quiscalus mexicanus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Quiscalus mexicanus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Quiscalus [mexicanus or major] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Asturian: Quiscalue mexican
Catalan: quíscal cua de faisà
Czech: Vlhovec velkoocasý
Danish: Kragegrackel
German: Dohlengrackel, Dohlen-Grackel, Großschwanzgrackel, Mexiko-Bootschwanz
English: Boat-tailed Grackle, Great-tailed Crow blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Great-tailed Grakle
English, HBW: Great-tailed Grackle
English (IOC): Great-tailed Grackle
English (United States): Great-tailed Grackle
Esperanto: Grandavosta kviskalo
Spanish: Clarinero, Clarinero Gande, Clarinero o zanate, Clarinero o zanate grande, Mariamulata, Zanate Grande, Zanate Mayor, Zanate Mexicano
Spanish (Colombia): Mariamulata
Spanish (Costa Rica): Clarinero, Clarinero o zanate grande, Zanate Grande
Spanish (Ecuador): Clarinero Coligrande
Spanish (Spain): Zanate Mexicano
Spanish (HBW): Great-tailed Grackle
Spanish (Honduras): Clarinero o zanate
Spanish (Mexico): Zanate Mayor, zanate mexicano
Spanish (Nicaragua): Zanate Grande
Spanish (Panama): Negro Coligrande, Tordo Coligrande
Spanish (Peru): Clarinero de Cola Grande
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Zanate Coligrande
Spanish (Venezuela): Galandra
Estonian: suur-händturpial
Finnish: Pitkäpyrstöturpiaali
French: Grand Mainate, Quiscale à longue queue, Quiscale à queue large, Quiscale géant
Galician: Graúna mexicana
Croatian: lepezastorepi vranjak
Hungarian: mexikói csónakfarkú
Icelandic: Bátsóti
Italian: Gracchio messicano, Gracula codalunga
Japanese (romaji): onagakuromukudorimodoki
Japanese: オナガクロムクドリモドキ
Kirghiz: кайык куйрук каргадай
Scientific: Cassidix mexicanus, Cassidix mexicanus mexicanus, Corvus mexicanus, Megaquiscalus major, Megaquiscalus major macrourus, Megaquiscalus major major, Quiscalus macrourus, Quiscalus major, Quiscalus major macrourus, Quiscalus major major, Quiscalus mexicanus, Quiscalus mexicanus macrourus, Quiscalus mexicanus mexicanus
Lithuanian: Didžiauodegis graklas, stambiauodegis kviskalas
Latvian: lielastes pusvārnis
Mayan languages: kau
Dutch: Bootstaarttroepiaal, Langstaarttroepiaal
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storhaletrupial
Norwegian: Båthaletrupial, Storhaletrupial
Polish: wilgowron meksykanski, Wilgowron meksykański
Portuguese: iraúna-mexicana
Portuguese (Portugal): rabo-de-quilha-mexicano
Russian: Большехвостый гракл, Большой вороний дрозд, Лодкохвостый кассик
Slovak: Trupiálovec člnkochvostý, vlhovec clnkochvostý, vlhovec člnkochvostý, vlhovec pobrežný
Serbian: Dugorepi kukuruzar
Swedish: Mexikobåtstjärt
Turkish: Büyük kuyruklu kiskal
Ukrainian: Гракл великохвостий
Chinese: 大尾拟八哥, 宽尾拟八哥
Chinese (Traditional): 大尾擬八哥

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