Grackles is the common name of any of 11 species ofpasserinebirds (10 extant and one extinct) native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in theicterid family. In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage. Baby birds use a screech-like call to indicate they wish to feed.

• GenusQuiscalus
  • Boat-tailed grackle,Quiscalus major
  • Common grackle,Quiscalus quiscula
  • Great-tailed grackle,Quiscalus mexicanus
  • Nicaraguan grackle,Quiscalus nicaraguensis
  • Greater Antillean grackle,Quiscalus niger
  • Carib grackle,Quiscalus lugubris
  • Slender-billed grackle,Quiscalus palustris:extinct (1910)
• GenusHypopyrrhus
  • Red-bellied grackle,Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
• GenusLampropsar
  • Velvet-fronted grackle,Lampropsar tanagrinus
• GenusMacroagelaius
  • Golden-tufted grackle,Macroagelaius imthurni
  • Colombian mountain grackle,Macroagelaius subalaris

Sometimes members of thestarling family have historically been called grackles.Tristram's starling is sometimes known as "Tristram's grackle", and the hill mynas in the genusGracula have also been called grackles.

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