Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna - Sturnelle des prés

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Ictéridés
Genus
:
Sturnella
Species
:
magna

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: 35 à 40 cm.
Weight
: 76 à 150 g

Longevity

5 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.

Subspecific information 14 subspecies

Sturnella magna magna (se Canada, c and e USA)
Sturnella magna argutula (sc and se USA)
Sturnella magna hoopesi (s Texas. sc USA. and ne Mexico)
Sturnella magna saundersi (se Oaxaca. s Mexico.)
Sturnella magna alticola (s Mexico to Costa Rica)
Sturnella magna mexicana (se Mexico to Belize and Guatemala)
Sturnella magna griscomi (n Yucatán. se Mexico.)
Sturnella magna inexspectata (Honduras and ne Nicaragua)
Sturnella magna subulata (Panama)
Sturnella magna meridionalis (nc Colombia to nw Venezuela)
Sturnella magna paralios (n Colombia, n and c Venezuela)
Sturnella magna praticola (llanos of e Colombia and se Venezuela to Guyana and Suriname)
Sturnella magna monticola (montane s Venezuela, the Guianas, n Brazil.)
Sturnella magna hippocrepis (Cuba)

Foreign names

Sturnelle des prés,
Pradero oriental,
pedro-ceroulo,
Lerchenstärling,
keleti réticsiröge,
Witkaakweidespreeuw,
Sturnella orientale,
östlig ängstrupial,
Englerketrupial,
lúčnik obojkový,
vlhovec východní,
Østlig Englærke,
preeriaturpiaali,
pradenca oriental,
Stráklofi,
wojak obrożny,
austrumu pļavustrazds,
vzhodni travniški škorčevec,
Восточный луговой трупиал,
ヒガシマキバドリ,
东草地鹨,
östlig ängstrupial,
東方草地鷚,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens