Quicalas major
Boat-tailed Grackles are large dark birds with long keel-shaped tails. Males have iridescent blues and black in their plumage with yellow or brown eyes. Females are smaller than males and have dark brown upperparts, pale brown underparts, and yellow eyes.
Title: Male Boat-tailed Grackle on a lake shore
Location: Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/9/2009
Title: Female Boat-tailed Grackle
Location: Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/9/2009
Title: Posing Great-tailed Grackle
Location: Lake Carillon, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/9/2009
Title: Male Boat-tailed Grackle portrait
Location: Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida
Date: 1/18/2009
Title: Close up of a male Boat-tailed Grackle
Location: Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida
Date: 1/18/2009
Title: Boat-tailed Grackle male
Location: Celery Fields, Sarasota County, Florida
Date: 1/18/2009