Overview
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Meadowlarks are birds belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae.
This genus includes seven species of largely insectivorous grassland birds. In all species the male at least has a black or brown back and extensively red or yellow underparts.
The genus Sturnella comprises:
- Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris
- White-browed Blackbird, Sturnella superciliaris
- Peruvian Meadowlark, Sturnella bellicosa
- Pampas Meadowlark, Sturnella defillippi
- Long-tailed Meadowlark, Sturnella loyca
- Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
- Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
- Lilian's Meadowlark, Sturnella lilianae
Long-tailed Meadowlark
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- New World Blackbirds by Jaramillo and Burke, ISBN 0-7136-4333-1
External links
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- Meadowlarks on Enature
- Sturnella videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
Taxonomy
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The Genus Sturnella is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in the Genus Sturnella: 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. loyca militaris · S. magna (Rio Grande Meadowlark) · S. magna alticola · S. magna argutula · S. magna aureopectoralis · S. magna auropectoralis · S. magna griscomi · S. magna hippocrepis · S. magna hoopesi · S. magna inexpectata · S. magna lilianae · S. magna magna (Rio Grande Meadowlark) · S. magna meridionalis · S. magna mexicana · S. magna neglecta · S. magna paralios · S. magna praticola · S. magna subulata · S. magna; neglecta · S. mexicana · S. militaris (Red-Breasted Meadowlark) · S. neglecta (Western Meadowlark) · S. neglecta confluenta · S. neglecta neglecta (Western Meadowlark) · S. superciliaris (White-Browed Blackbird)
References
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- New World Blackbirds by Jaramillo and Burke, ISBN 0-7136-4333-1
Sources
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