#1329 · 🐦 birds

Boat-tailed Grackle

🇳🇱 Bootstaarttroepiaal ·Quiscalus major

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The boat-tailed grackle ( Quiscalus major ) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found as a permanent resident on the coasts of the southeastern United States. It is found in coastal saltwater marshes, and, in Florida, also on inland waters. The nest is a well-concealed cup in trees or shrubs near water; three to five eggs are laid.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,199iNaturalist observations
weight 206.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
41,199 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 207 g.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1819 (207 years ago).