grackle

English

Etymology

From New Latin Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹækəl/

Noun

grackle (plural grackles)

1. Any of several American blackbirds of the genus Quiscalus, and related genera, having iridescent plumage.
2. (formerly) Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)
• Carib grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
• common grackle (Quiscalus quiscala)
• golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni)

• greater Antillean grackle (Quiscalus niger)
• great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
• mountain grackle (Macroagelaius spp.)
• Nicaraguan grackle (Quiscalus nicaraguensis)

• red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster)
• slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris)
• velvet-fronted grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus)

Translations

genus Quiscalus

• Finnish: mölyturpiaali (fi)
• French: quiscale (fr) m
• Loxicha Zapotec: please add this translation if you can

• Spanish: chango (es) m (Antillean grackle), chinchilín m (Antillean grackle), clarinero m, mariamulata f, zanate m
• Swedish: båtstjärt c

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: Mozambique (Antillean grackle)