Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
GTGR
Order: Passeriformes | Family: Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)

Bird Description
Common in agricultural areas and towns. Also found in marshes alongside BTGR. Usually in flocks, town roost gatherings can cause mayhem all night long with a deafening range of loud chuckles, wheezes and trills. ID: Very similar to BTGR but slightly larger and more angular with longer, diamond-shaped tail, flatter head, and larger bill. Where ranges overlap, GRGR has pale iris and BTGR dark iris. Ad ♀: colors as BTGR but averages darker on back. ♀: similar to BTGR but darker brown, with more contrasting face pattern. Juv: similar to ♀ with diffuse pale streaking on underparts. Imm ♂: shorter-tailed and duller than ad ♂. Imms can keep dark iris through first year of life.
