Antilles crackel
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Antillean crackel ( Quiscalus niger ) |
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The Antilles niger ( Quiscalus niger ) is a bird and belongs to the starch family (Icteridae).
It inhabits the vegetation on the coasts and near swamps in the Greater Antilles , such as Puerto Rico , Cuba , Dominican Republic , and the Cayman Islands .
The plumage of the Antillean grackel is uniformly black with light yellow eyes. Like all Grackeln, it has long legs with strong claws, a long black strong beak and a long fan-like keel-shaped tail. The females are smaller than the males. They feed on berries, insects and other invertebrates .
Subspecies
The subspecies recognized by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System are:
- Quiscalus niger niger ( Boddaert , 1783)
- Quiscalus niger caribaeus ( Todd , 1916)
- Quiscalus niger gundlachii Cassin , 1867
- Quiscalus niger caymanensis Cory , 1886
- Quiscalus niger bangsi ( JL Peters , 1921)
- Quiscalus niger crassirostris Swainson , 1838
- Quiscalus niger brachypterus Cassin , 1867
Web links
Commons : Antillengrackel ( Quiscalus niger ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Quiscalus niger in the Internet Bird Collection
- Quiscalus niger inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.4. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2011.