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A male Common Grackle sits on a perch above some backyard feeders.

Daytime scene in a Toronto public park, Canada

common grackle standing on the dried tree branch

A Great tailed grackle bathing in a pond on a beach in Costa Rica.

Blackbird sitting on tree branch among fall leaves

Common Grackle (male) (quiscalus quicula) looking back from it's perch on a birdfeeder pole

Angry grackle complaining loudly. I'm not sure what he was upset about, but he kept saying he'd been treated very unfairly.

$Common Grackles are blackbirds that look like they've been slightly stretched. They're taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird, with a longer, more tapered bill and glossy-iridescent bodies. Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees, typically evergreens. They eat many crops (notably corn) and nearly anything else as well, including garbage. In flight their long tails trail behind them, sometimes folded down the middle into a shallow V shape.\n\nMore ID Info$

A boat-tailed grackle reflecting colorful shades of iridescent blue and purple.

Boattail grackles singing as drops of rain fall

A solitary grackle perches on a rocky surface, its dark form contrasting with the lighter background.

The Great-Tailed Grackle or Mexican Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a highly social North and South American medium-sized songbird. The males are glossy black and iridescent and the females are brown and drab colored. Although the grackle is black, it is not a blackbird. It is sometimes mistaken for a crow but is not a member of that family either. Great-tailed grackles originally came from the tropical lowlands of Central and South America but over the past 140 years have spread into North America. Grackles forage in pastures, wetlands and mangroves for a wide variety of food. They eat larvae, insects, nestlings, worms, tadpoles, fish and eggs. They remove parasites from cattle and eat fruits and grains. Grackles are highly intelligent birds that can solve complex problems to get food. The male grackle has a distinctive noisy call. They communally roost in trees at night and during the breeding season they build a nest in the trees. This male grackle was photographed while perched in a bush at Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

At first glance, you think you're looking at a small crow or blackbird. But once spring comes to the Canadian prairies, it might be common grackle that's caught your eye. A successful adaptive species to human habitation and deforestation, this bird is feeding among the bulrushes on a pond in a residential area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The iridescence of its bluish green head and breast make the grackle stand out in the right light.

A closeup of what looks to be a grumpy magpie

A boat-tailed grackle sitting on a slender branch

A close up of a Superb Starling in flight. Taken in Kenya

Male common grackle on rock in spring, New England

Common Grackle (male) (quiscalus quiscula) perched in a leafy tree

A male Boat-tailed Grackle calls out in Paynes Prairie Nature Preserve, Gainesville, Florida.

The Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) is a medium-sized North American blackbird and named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer. Adult males have black plumage with an iridescent head and glossy highlights on the rest of the body. The feet and legs are black and the eye is bright yellow. The female is a brownish-grey color. The female's eye is dark brown. Their breeding habitat is open and semi-open areas near water, across central and western North America. The Brewer’s Blackbird is often a permanent resident in the west. They are also very adaptable to humans and frequently come to bird feeders. This male blackbird was photographed near Walnut Canyon Lakes in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Common Grackle isolated on the fence in Thornhill Ontario, Canada

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