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Eastern or Western Meadowlark

Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae] (= Sturnella magna) (Linnaeus, C 1758)




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Icteridae
Genus:
   Sturnella
Scientific:
  Sturnella magna


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.167

Protonym:
  A[lauda] magna

Type locality:
  'in America, Africa' ; restricted to South Carolina by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 301.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/186/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EBBCB12E80084C9A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EBBCB12E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EBBCB12E


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179034

Geographic range:

  • Sturnella magna magna: southern Ontario eastward to Quebec and southward to northern Texas and northeastern Georgia
  • Sturnella magna praticola: llanos of eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and southwestern Guyana
  • Sturnella magna monticola: tepuis of southern Venezuela (Mount Roraima)
  • Sturnella magna argutula: southeastern Kansas and Oklahoma to eastern USA (Carolinas to Florida)
  • Sturnella magna hoopesi: southern Texas (Eagle Pass) to northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and northern Tamaulipas
  • Sturnella magna auropectoralis: western Mexico from southern Sinaloa, coastal Nayarit, and southern Durango across the Trans-Volcanic Belt eastward to the upper Río Lerma, Estado de México; populations between México and the Sierra Madre Oriental, in Tlaxcala, Puebla, and adjacent areas, also may represent auropectoralis, but this requires confirmation
  • Sturnella magna saundersi: southern Mexico (Oaxaca)
  • Sturnella magna alticola: highlands of southern Mexico (Guerrero, southern Puebla, and Veracruz) to Costa Rica
  • Sturnella magna mexicana: Caribbean slope of southeastern Mexico (Veracruz and Tabasco to Chiapas)
  • Sturnella magna griscomi: southeastern Mexico (arid coastal of northern Yucatán Peninsula)
  • Sturnella magna inexspectata: pine savanna of Belize, Petén of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
  • Sturnella magna subulata: Pacific slope of Panama
  • Sturnella magna meridionalis: eastern Andes of Colombia to Andes of northwestern Venezuela
  • Sturnella magna paralios: northern Colombia and savannas of western Venezuela
  • Sturnella magna quinta: Suriname and northeastern Amazonian Brazil
  • Sturnella magna hippocrepis: Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; south of western Cuba)
  • Sturnella lilianae [incl. auropectoralis]: southwestern USA from northern Arizona, southern Colorado, and western Texas southward through Chihuahua (north-central Mexico) and western and central Mexico from Sinaloa and southern Durango southward to Estado de Mexico
  • Sturnella lilianae: northern Arizona to eastern New Mexico, southwestern Texas, southern Sonora, and northwestern Chihuahua
  • Sturnella neglecta neglecta: southeastern British Columbia to northern Baja California (northwestern Mexico), and Texas and Gulf States (southeastern USA)
  • Sturnella neglecta confluenta: southwestern and central British Columbia to western Idaho and southern California
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English:
Eastern or Western Meadowlark
German:
Wiesen-/Lerchenstärling
Spanish:
Pradero Occidental/Oriental
Spanish (Spain):
Pradero occidental/oriental
French:
Sturnelle des prés, S. de Lilian ou S. de l'Ouest
Hungarian:
Nyugati/Keleti réticsiröge
Icelandic:
Gresju-/stráklofi
Japanese (romaji):
nishimakibadori/higashimakibadori
Japanese:
ニシマキバドリ/ヒガシマキバドリ
Dutch:
Geelkaakweidespreeuw/Witkaakweidespreeuw
Norwegian:
prærielerketrupial/englerketrupial
Polish:
wojak żółtogardły/obrożny
Portuguese (Portugal):
estornela-ocidental/estornela-oriental
Russian:
Западный/Большой луговой трупиал
Slovak:
lúčnik žltohrdlý/obojkový
Serbian:
Zapadna/istočna livadska ševa
Swedish:
västlig ängstrupial/östlig ängstrupial


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna or neglecta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Eastern or Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae])
eBird version 1.50:
meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.)
eBird version 1.52:
meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.)
eBird version 1.53:
Eastern/Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella megna/neglecta)
eBird version 1.54:
Eastern/Western Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna/neglecta)
eBird version 1.55:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2015:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2016:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2017:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2018:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2019:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2021:
Western/Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella neglecta/magna)
eBird version 2022:
Sturnella meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.)
eBird version 2023:
Sturnella meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.)
eBird version 2024:
Sturnella meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

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Czech: Vlhovec západní
Danish: Østlig Englærke
German: Lerchenstärling, Wiesen-/Lerchenstärling
English: Eastern or Western Meadowlark, Eastern/Western Meadowlark, Meadowlark, meadowlark sp., Sturnella meadowlark sp., Western/Eastern Meadowlark
English, HBW: Western/Eastern Meadowlark
English (IOC): Western/Eastern Meadowlark
English (United States): Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Esperanto: Orienta sturnelo
Spanish: Chirlobirlo, Pradero Occidental/Oriental, pradero tortilla-con-chile, Pradero Tortillaconchile/del Oeste, Turpial Oriental, Zacatero Común
Spanish (Colombia): Chirlobirlo
Spanish (Costa Rica): Zacatero común
Spanish (Cuba): Sabanero
Spanish (Spain): Pradero occidental/oriental
Spanish (HBW): Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Spanish (Honduras): Cantor de pradera
Spanish (Mexico): pradero tortilla-con-chile, Pradero Tortillaconchile/del Oeste
Spanish (Nicaragua): Zacatero Común
Spanish (Venezuela): Perdigón
Estonian: lääne-niiduturpial
Finnish: Preeriaturpiaali
French: Sturnelle de l'Ouest ou S. des prés, Sturnelle des prés, Sturnelle des prés ou S. de l'Ouest, Sturnelle des prés, S. de Lilian ou S. de l'Ouest
Hungarian: keleti réticsiröge, Nyugati/Keleti réticsiröge
Icelandic: Gresju-/stráklofi, Stráklofi
Italian: Sturnella allodola orientale
Japanese (romaji): nishimakibadori, nishimakibadori/higashimakibadori
Japanese: ニシマキバドリ, ニシマキバドリ/ヒガシマキバドリ
Scientific: Alauda magna, Sturnella [magna or neglecta], Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae], Sturnella magna, Sturnella magna magna, Sturnella magna/neglecta, Sturnella megna/neglecta, Sturnella neglecta/magna, Sturnella sp.
Lithuanian: Didysis trupialas
Dutch: Geelkaakweidespreeuw/Witkaakweidespreeuw, Witkaakweidespreeuw
Norwegian: Englerketrupial, prærielerketrupial/englerketrupial
Polish: wojak obrozny, wojak obrożny, wojak żółtogardły/obrożny
Portuguese: Peito-amarelo-celouro
Portuguese (Brazil): pedro-celouro
Portuguese (Portugal): estornela-ocidental/estornela-oriental
Russian: Восточный луговой трупиал, Западный/Большой луговой трупиал
Slovak: lúcnik obojkový, lúčnik žltohrdlý/obojkový
Slovenian: vzhodni travniški škorčevec
Serbian: Zapadna/istočna livadska ševa
Swedish: Östlig ängstrupial, västlig ängstrupial/östlig ängstrupial
Turkish: Batılı/doğulu tarlasığırcığı, Tarla Sığırcığı
Ukrainian: Шпаркос східний
Chinese: 东草地鹨
Chinese (Traditional): 東方草地鷚

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