Carib Grackle

Quiscalus lugubris

The Carib grackle is a New World tropical blackbird, a resident breeder in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America east of the Andes, from Colombia east to Venezuela and northeastern Brazil. There are eight subspecies, of which the most widespread is the nominate subspecies of Trinidad and the South American mainland. This subspecies was introduced to Tobago in 1905 and is now common there.

Scientific name

Quiscalus lugubris

Family

Troupials and Allies

IUCN status

LC