Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Sturnella (3 species)


Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Chihuahuan Meadowlark (Sturnella lilianae lilianae)
Range: NA, MA: sw USA and nw, wc Mexico
Wilcox, Arizona,  
   
Photograph by Skip Russell     Copyright and usage info

Larger, paler and with a whiter tail than the Eastern Meadowlark. And lives in the desert.

Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna praticola) Near Threatened
Range: NA, MA, SA: se Canada to ne Brazil
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in open fields.

Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Range: NA, MA: sw, sc Canada through the w USA to c Mexico
Stanwood, Washington State, United States  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info



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