Slender-billed Grackle

Quiscalus palustris

The slender-billed grackle is an extinct species of grackle in the Icteridae family of birds. The species was closely related to the western clade of the great-tailed grackle, from which it diverged quite recently, around 1.2 million years ago. It weighed 2.5 oz to 5 oz.

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