Nicaraguan Grackle / Quiscalus nicaraguensis
WBN 
Nicaraguan Grackle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Quiscalus nicaraguensis Ibis p.612
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Quiscalus
Taxonomy Code: nicgra1
Type Locality: Momotombo, Lake Managua.
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1891
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
QUISCALUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Common Grackle Q. quiscula) Specific name Gracula quiscula Linnaeus, 1758; "98. QUISCALE, Quiscalus. Gracula, Corvus, Lin. Gm. Lath. Bec glabre et comprimé à la base, droit, entier, à bords anguleux et fléchis en dedans, incliné vers le bout; mandibule supérieure prolongée en pointe dans les plumes du front. Esp. Gracula quiscala et Corvus mexicanus, Lin. Gm. Lath." (Vieillot 1816); "Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 36. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List. Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 41), Gr.[acula] quiscala [= quiscula] Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 187).
Var. Quiscalis, Quisculus, Quisqualus, Quisqualis, Qviscalus.
Synon. Cassidix, Chalcophanes, Holoquiscalus, Megaquiscalus, Quiscala, Scaphidurus, Scaphura.
nicaraguae / nicaraguensis
Nicaragua (i.e. Nicarao's lake; Nicarao was a local chieftain who opposed the conquistadores; Spanish agua water, lake).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
