Great-tailed Grackle Photo Gallery
Adult male
Long-legged, slender blackbird with a long V-shaped tail, a flat-headed profile, and a stout bill. Males are iridescent black with piercing yellow eyes.
© Darren Clark / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 11, 2016Female
Long-legged, slender blackbird, with a flat-headed profile. Females are dark brown above, paler below, with a buff-colored throat and stripe above the eye.
© Jamie Chavez / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 19, 2017Adult male
Adult males have a long V-shaped tail with an iridescent bluish purple body.
© terence zahner / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 28, 2017Female
Females are dark brown above, paler below, with a buff-colored throat and stripe above the eye.
© Cameron Eckert / Macaulay LibraryPuntarenas, March 24, 2017Adult male
Loud and social bird. Males defend their territories and threaten rival males by ruffling up their feathers, spreading their tail, and pointing their bill skyward while shrieking.
© Andrew Dreelin / Macaulay LibraryYucatán, July 11, 2015Not all videos have soundAdult male
Loud, social birds that can form flocks numbering in the tens of thousands. Males often display with bills pointed skyward.
© sam hough / Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 06, 2016Habitat
Found in agricultural fields, feedlots, suburbs, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, and neighborhood lawns.
© Stacy Holt / Macaulay LibraryNevada, May 22, 2015Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Troupials and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Icteridae)
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