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The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized blackbird (family: Icteridae), ... There may be more than one nesting female in a male's territory. Nests ...
As a group, the meadowlarks have had a volatile taxonomic history. When Carl Linnaeus described the eastern meadowlark (the first of the meadowlarks to be scientifically described) in his epic 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758, he thought it was related to the Old World larks, and so put it in the genus Alauda with them. [1]
The western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 8.5 in (22 cm) in length. It nests on the ground in open grasslands across western and central North America. It nests on the ground in open grasslands across western and central North America.
Peruvian meadowlark Leistes bellicosus (De Filippi, 1847) western Peru, Ecuador and far northern Chile. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Pampas meadowlark male female Leistes defilippii (Bonaparte, 1850) Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Size: Habitat: Diet: VU Long-tailed meadowlark Leistes loyca (Molina, 1782) southern South America and the Falkland Islands
The long-tailed meadowlark (Leistes loyca) is a passerine bird of southern South America and the Falkland Islands, belonging to the meadowlark genus Leistes in the icterid family that looks very similar to the related endangered species, the Pampas meadowlark. in El Chalten, Argentina. It is 25 to 28 cm long with a fairly long tail and a long ...
The white-browed meadowlark is a small icterid. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing epaulets, and a white supercilium. The female has buff edged dark brown upperpart feathers, buff underparts, and pale streaks through the crown and eye. Juveniles resemble the female, but are paler.
The incident was reported around 5:30 p.m. at the QuikTrip in the 1400 block of North Nelson Drive, near K-15 and Meadowlark, Derby Police Chief Robert Lee said during a media briefing.
The red-breasted meadowlark (Leistes militaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It was formerly named red-breasted blackbird but is not closely related to the red-winged blackbird group.