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GrackleThe Boat-tailed Grackle and its close relative the Great-tailed Grackle were thought to be a single species until it was found that both nest in southwestern Louisiana without interbreeding. The Boat-tailed Grackle has a very long and keel-shaped tail. The male is black, with iridescent blue on its back and breast. It has yellow or brown eyes. The female is smaller, brown and has a paler breast. The Common Grackle is smaller and the female lacks the paler breast. The Great-tailed Grackle of western Louisiana and Texas has iridescent purple back and breast and always has yellow eyes. The Boat-tailed Grackle is a year-round resident along coasts from New Jersey south and west to Louisiana. It is also found inland in peninsular Florida. The Boat-tailed Grackle inhabits marshes along the coast and also farmlands in Florida. Boat-tailed Grackle Range Map The Boat-tailed Grackle's song is a harsh jeeb-jeeb-jeeb-jeeb, unlike the whistles and clucks of the Great-tailed Grackle. |
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