common grackle

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Quiscalus quiscula

       
Order

Passeriformes (Perching birds)

Family

Icteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)

Status

Abundant migrant and breeder

Habitat

Wetlands, fields, wet meadows, riparian woodlands, coniferous forest and woodland edges, urban parks

Food

 

Size

11 to 13½

Voice

 


Identification

 


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Species

 


Nesting

 


Range

Breeding: Throughout

Winter: N/A

Migration:

   
 
Sightings

Crosstown West Park

Earley Lake Park

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

Iron Horse Prairie SNA

Mound Prairie SNA

Myre-Big Island State Park

Sedan Brook Prairie SNA

Sibley State Park


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