Quiscalus

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, probably from Medieval Latin quiscula (“a quail”) (also other spellings) === Proper noun === Quiscalus m A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – six of the ten species called grackles, of the New World. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerides – infraorder; Passerida – parvorder; Emberizoidea – superfamily; Icteridae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): boat-tailed grackle, Quiscalus major; common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula; great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus; slender-billed grackle, †Quiscalus palustris - extinct (1910); Nicaraguan grackle, Quiscalus nicaraguensis; greater Antillean grackle, Quiscalus niger; Carib grackle, Quiscalus lugubris ==== Coordinate terms ==== (genus): golden-tufted grackle (Macroagelaius imthurni), mountain grackle (Macroagelaius spp.); red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster); velvet-fronted grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) - other species called grackles === References === Quiscalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Quiscalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Quiscalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN.