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Quiscalus  Vieillot, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179103

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Cassidix R. P. Lesson, 1831
  
  Common Name(s): grackles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyIcteridae  – New World Orioles, New World Blackbirds  
                               GenusQuiscalus Vieillot, 1816 – grackles  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Quiscalus lugubris Swainson, 1838 – Quiscale merle, iraúna-do-norte, rabo-de-quilha-caribenho, Zanate caribeño, Carib Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 – Quiscale des marais, iraúna-dos-pauis, rabo-de-quilha-dos-pântanos, Zanate marismeño, Boat-tailed Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus mexicanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) – Quiscale à longue queue, iraúna-mexicana, Zanate mexicano, Great-tailed Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus nicaraguensis Salvin & Godman, 1891 – Quiscale du Nicaragua, iraúna-da-nicarágua, rabo-de-quilha-nicaraguense, Zanate nicaragüense, Nicaraguan Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783) – Quiscale noir, iraúna-das-antilhas, rabo-de-quilha-das-antilhas, Zanate antillano, Greater Antillean Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus palustris (Swainson, 1827) – Quiscale de Mexico, iraúna-de-bico-fino, rabo-de-quilha-de-bico-fino, Zanate picofino, Zanate de Lerma, Slender-billed Grackle 
                                  Species Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) – Quiscale bronzé, rabo-de-quilha, rabo-de-quilha-comum, Zanate común, Common Grackle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Quiscalus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Quiscalus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025])   
  Reference for: Quiscalus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Quiscalus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2007.07.31, website (version 31-Jul-07)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Quiscalus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Vieillot, Louis Pierre  
  Publication Date: 1816   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Analyse D'Une Nouvelle Ornithologie Elementaire   
  Page(s): 70   
  Publisher: Belin   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: A reprint is available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12830237   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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