Grackles are another bird with iridescent feathers that can make their bodies shiny bronze or dark black and their head look ...

Their heads look blue or purple in the light ... Their heads are flat, not rounded like boat-tailed grackles. These birds are common from Texas and Oklahoma to southern California.

Failing that, perhaps we could find some regal Houston designation for the grackle. Consider this excerpt from B.C. Robison’s “Birds of Houston”: “Common grackles assemble in flocks in ...