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

Sturnelle des prés
adult
Sturnelle des prés
Second

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,
  • 東方草地鷚,

Voice song and cries

Sturnelle des prés
adult

Habitat

Sturnelle des prés
adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 09-05-2007
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