Quiscalus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, probably from Medieval Latin quiscula (“a quail”) (also other spellings)
Proper noun
Quiscalus m
- 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
