Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (7)
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2011
Text last updated January 1, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | quíscal de les Antilles |
| Dutch | Antilliaanse Troepiaal |
| English | Greater Antillean Grackle |
| English (United States) | Greater Antillean Grackle |
| French | Quiscale noir |
| French (France) | Quiscale noir |
| German | Antillengrackel |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mèl diab |
| Icelandic | Seglsóti |
| Japanese | アンチルクロムクドリモドキ |
| Norwegian | antilltrupial |
| Polish | wilgowron czarny |
| Russian | Антильский гракл |
| Serbian | Veliki kukuruzar sa Antila |
| Slovak | vlhovec čierny |
| Slovenian | Antilski krakač |
| Spanish | Zanate Antillano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Chichinguaco |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Chinchilín |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Mozambique |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zanate antillano |
| Swedish | antillerbåtstjärt |
| Turkish | Antil Kiskalı |
| Ukrainian | Гракл антильський |
Quiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Oriolus niger
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.31.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Santo Domingo ; Port au Prince, Haiti, designated by Peters, 1921, Auk, 38, p. 445.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- QUISCALUS
- niger
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Antillean Grackle
