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Common Grackle

🇳🇱 Glanstroepiaal ·Quiscalus quiscula

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Joelle Belmonte · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Kala Murphy King · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. © Kristi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  7. 7. © Bill MacIndewar · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Mike Mills · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. © Don Sniegowski · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  10. 10. © gsmall · CC BY-NC 4.0
Common Grackle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula ) is a large icterid found in large numbers through much of North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 121,004iNaturalist observations
  • weight 119.6 gadult, up to
  • threat NTnear threatened

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.
  • 121,004 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 120 g.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Grackle
Nederlands
Glanstroepiaal
scientific name
Quiscalus quiscula
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Icteridae
IUCN Red List
NT · near threatened
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
121,004
GBIF records in NL
4
weight
119.6 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Icteridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9602, Wikidata Q1424486, GBIF 2484155, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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