Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Leistes (1 species, 5 worldwide)


Red-breasted Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris) Male
Puerto Boyacá, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-breasted Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris) Female
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in open fields.
Female from back.


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