GRACKLE, a word applied to certain birds of the family Sturnidae in the Old World and of the Icteridae in the New. The former include the mynas of India and adjacent countries, es pecially Gracula religiose, which is some loin. long and has a black iridescent plumage, a white patch on the wing and yellow wattles behind the eyes, the bill is orange, the legs yellow, and the bird, which inhabits southern India, is frugivorous. It can be taught to talk. Allied species occupy Ceylon, Burma and Malay.
The American grackles belong to the genera Euphagus, Mega quiscalus and Quiscalus. The best known • are the rusty blackbird or rusty grackle, E. carolinus, found all over North America, and Q. quiscula, the purple grackle east of the Rocky mountains.