Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Gulf Coast specialist with a tail you could row. Males look bronze, females look like a different species entirely.
- Populasi
- ~2.2 million mature individuals, stable (some data show a slight negative trend over 13 years, but trend is listed as stable)
- Habitat
- Coastal saltwater and brackish marshes, mangroves, and inland wetlands; also urban/suburban areas near the coast including parks, boat launches, parking lots, and trash bins in Gulf Coast towns
- Fakta menarik
- Boat-tailed Grackles breed under a "harem defense" mating system where one dominant male guards a colony of females, yet DNA studies show he actually sires only about a quarter of the resulting offspring.
- Sebaran
- Non-migratory, year-round resident of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, from New York/New Jersey south through Florida and west to Texas; vagrants recorded in Canada and Mexico
- Makanan
- Omnivorous opportunist: insects, crustaceans, minnows, frogs, eggs, small birds, berries, seeds, grain, and human food scraps
- Ukuran
- 0,4 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,45 m
- Masa hidup
- 7 tahun
