Antilles crackel

Quiscalus niger**

 The Antilles crackel (Quiscalus niger) is a bird and belongs to the starch family (Icteridae).

It inhabits the vegetation on the coasts and near swamps in the Greater Antilles, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the Cayman Islands.

The plumage of the Antillean grackel is uniformly black with light yellow eyes. Like all Grackles it has long legs with strong claws, a long black strong bill and a long fan-like keel-shaped tail. The females are smaller than the males. They feed on berries, insects and other invertebrates.

Subspecies

The subspecies recognized by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System are:

Source: IUCN Red Animal List

Quiscalus niger niger (Boddaert, 1783)

Quiscalus niger caribaeus (Todd, 1916)

Quiscalus niger gundlachii Cassin, 1867

Quiscalus niger caymanensis Cory, 1886

Quiscalus niger bangsi (J. L. Peters, 1921)

Quiscalus niger crassirostris Swainson, 1838

Quiscalus niger brachypterus Cassin, 1867