Quiscalus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, probably from Medieval Latin quiscula (“a quail”) (also other spellings)
Proper noun
Quiscalus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – six of the ten species called grackles, of the New World.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Icteridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): boat-tailed grackle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; common grackle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; great-tailed grackle(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), Quiscalus mexicanus; slender-billed grackle, †Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - extinct (1910); Nicaraguan grackle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; greater Antillean grackle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.; Carib grackle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
Coordinate terms
- (genus): golden-tufted grackle (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.), mountain grackle (Macroagelaius spp.); red-bellied grackle (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.); velvet-fronted grackle (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.) - other species called grackles
References
Quiscalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Quiscalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Quiscalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
