Slender-billed grackle
Quiscalus palustris (Swainson, 1827)
Status not recordedsongbirdsExtinct
The slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris) is a species in the family Icteridae, order Passeriformes.
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Quick facts about the slender-billed grackle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the slender-billed grackle live?
Not recorded
Is the slender-billed grackle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the slender-billed grackle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyIcteridae
- genusQuiscalus
- SpeciesQuiscalus palustris (Swainson, 1827)
Synonyms Cassidix palustris, Scaphidurus palustris
Other names and names in other languages (33)
- vlhovec tenkozobýCzech
- SumpgrackelDanish
- DünnschnabelgrackelGerman
- Fajnbeka kviskaloEsperanto
- Zanate extintoSpanish
- kaitanokkaturpiaaliFinnish
- Quiscale de MexicoFrench
- tankokljuni vranjakCroatian
- mocsári csónakfarkúHungarian
- Gracula beccosottileItalian
- ハシボソクロムクドリモドキJapanese
- pelkinis kviskalasLithuanian
- DunbektroepiaalDutch
- smalnebbtrupialNorwegian
- wilgowron cienkodziobyPolish
- iraúna-de-bico-finoPortuguese
- Болотный граклRussian
- vlhovec močiarnySlovak
- Tankokljuni kukuruzarSerbian
- smalnäbbad båtstjärtSwedish
- İnce Gagalı KiskalTurkish
- гракл тонкодзьобийUkrainian
- 細嘴擬八哥Chinese
- Dünnschnabel-GrackelGerman
- SchlankschnabelgrackelGerman
- stretbeka nigrikteroEsperanto
- Zanate de LermaSpanish
- Zanate del LermaSpanish
- Zanate picofinoSpanish
- gralha-de-bico-estreitoPortuguese
- rabo-de-quilha-de-bico-finoPortuguese
- 墨西哥拟八哥Chinese
- 墨西哥擬八哥Chinese
Relatives of the slender-billed grackle
Other species in the same genus Quiscalus.

Common grackle
Quiscalus quiscula

Great-tailed grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus

Boat-tailed grackle
Quiscalus major

Greater Antillean grackle
Quiscalus niger

Carib grackle
Quiscalus lugubris

Nicaraguan grackle
Quiscalus nicaraguensis
CompareSlender-billed grackle vs Common grackleSlender-billed grackle vs Great-tailed grackleSlender-billed grackle vs Boat-tailed grackleSlender-billed grackle vs Greater Antillean grackle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the slender-billed grackle?
The slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
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