---
title: "Bootschwanzgrackel"
description: "Quiscalus major — Vögel. The boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found as a permanent resident on the coasts of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/boat-tailed-grackle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bootschwanzgrackel

> Quiscalus major — Vögel. The boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found as a permanent resident on the coasts of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

- Scientific name: *Quiscalus major*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 40336
- Wikidata: [Q1589368](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589368)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9601](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9601)

## Names

- en: Boat-tailed Grackle
- de: Bootschwanzgrackel
- es: Zanate marismeño
- fr: Quiscale des marais
- nl: Bootstaarttroepiaal
- pt: Iraúna-dos-paúis
- pl: Wilgowron żaglosterny

## Countries with the most observations

US (37271), BS (71)

## Summary

The boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found as a permanent resident on the coasts of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat-tailed_grackle

## Photo

![Bootschwanzgrackel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/boat-tailed-grackle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145392030

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/boat-tailed-grackle?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).