Sturnella defilippii

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It inhabits natural grasslands (vegetation height of 29-45 cm), including land abandoned for 5-15 (or more) years5. Some birds breed and winter in planted pastures and cultivated fields with a similar vegetation structure4. However, a study in Buenos Aires province found that 90% of reproductive groups were present in natural grasslands with high vegetation cover8. It can co-exist with cattle, but apparently avoids planted pasture, as well as areas where grazing is more intensive and vegetation height is consequently lower4. Breeding occurs in mid October to November and 3-4 eggs are laid6. The diet includes seeds, insects and shoots . There is some northwards movement in winter, but it is primarily resident4.

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List of Habitats :

•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Sturnella defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850) • Sturnella defilippii (Bonaparte, 1851)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sturnella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. bellicosa (Peruvian Red-Breasted Meadowlark) · S. bellicosa bellicosa (Peruvian Red-Breasted Meadowlark) · S. defilippi (Lesser Red-Breasted Meadowlark) · S. defilippii (Pampas Meadowlark) · S. lilianae (Lilian's Meadowlark) · S. loyca (Long-Tailed Meadowlark) · S. loyca loyca (Long-Tailed Meadowlark) · S. magna (Rio Grande Meadowlark) · S. magna magna (Rio Grande Meadowlark) · S. militaris (Red-Breasted Meadowlark) · S. neglecta (Western Meadowlark) · S. neglecta neglecta (Western Meadowlark) · S. superciliaris (White-Browed Blackbird)

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Further Reading

• Argentine ornithology. A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. By P. L. Sclater. .. With notes on their habits by W. H. Hudson. .. London: R. H. Porter, 1888-89. url p. 105, p. 247.
• Birds / by A.H. Evans. London: Macmillan, 1899 (1909 printing). url p. 629.
• Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Mass.: The Club, [1876-1883] url p. 136.
• Evolution of the colors of North American land birds / by Charles A. Keeler. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1893. url p. 156.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 132, p. 159, p. 175, p. 24, p. 509.
• List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. London: Printed for the Society, 1896. url p. 283, p. 283, p. 718.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 156, p. 359.
• Ornithological gazetteer of Argentina / Raymond A. Paynter. 1995 Cambridge, Mass.: Obtainable from Bird Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1995. url p. 951.
• The Cambridge natural history / edited by S. F. Harmer and A. E. Shipley. London: Macmillan and Co.; 1895-1909. url p. 629.
• The Cambridge natural history, London, Macmillan and Co., Limited;1895-1909 url .
• The Riverside natural history. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company[c1888] url p. 488.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Sturnella defilippii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2008. Sturnella defilippii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8027
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-563159
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13282929
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 563159
• IUCN ID: 244155
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 151984

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2008. Sturnella defilippii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. ... [back]

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