Quiscalus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Medieval Latin quiscula (“a quail”) (also other spellings)

Proper noun

Quiscalus m

1. 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; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - 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
• Quiscalus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN