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Eastern or Western Meadowlark
Sturnella [magna, neglecta or lilianae] (= Sturnella magna) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
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Passeriformes
Family:
Icteridae
Genus:
Sturnella
Scientific:
Sturnella magna
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
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
Turkish:
Batılı/doğulu tarlasığırcığı
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
Turkish:
Batılı/doğulu tarlasığırcığı
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. 2025 (Nov 2025): 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.) |
| eBird version 2025: Sturnella meadowlark sp. ( Sturnella sp.) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Sturnella sp.
Catalan: Sturnella sp.
Czech: Vlhovec západní
Danish: Englærke sp., Østlig Englærke
German: Lerchenstärling, Sturnella, unbestimmt, Wiesen-/Lerchenstärling
English: Eastern or Western Meadowlark, Eastern/Western Meadowlark, Meadowlark, meadowlark sp., Sturnella meadowlark sp., Western/Eastern Meadowlark
[ENAV]: Sturnella meadowlark sp.
English, HBW: Sturnella meadowlark sp., Western/Eastern Meadowlark
English (IOC): Sturnella meadowlark sp., Western/Eastern Meadowlark
English (United States): Sturnella meadowlark sp., Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Esperanto: Orienta sturnelo
Spanish: Chirlobirlo, Pradero Occidental/Oriental, Pradero sp., 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, Pradero sp.
Spanish (HBW): Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Spanish (Honduras): Cantor de pradera
Spanish (Mexico): pradero tortilla-con-chile, Pradero Tortillaconchile/del Oeste, Sturnella sp.
Spanish (Nicaragua): Zacatero Común
Spanish (Venezuela): Perdigón
Estonian: lääne-niiduturpial
Finnish: Preeriaturpiaali, Sturnella sp.
French: Sturnella sp., 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
French (Guyane): Sturnella sp.
Croatian: Sturnella sp.
Hungarian: keleti réticsiröge, Nyugati/Keleti réticsiröge
Icelandic: Gresju-/stráklofi, Ógreindur klofi (Sturnella sp.), 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, Sturnella sp., Witkaakweidespreeuw
Norwegian: Englerketrupial, prærielerketrupial/englerketrupial, Sturnella sp.
Polish: wojak nieoznaczony (Sturnella sp.), 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, Sturnella neurčený druh
Slovenian: vzhodni travniški škorčevec
Serbian: Neidentifikovana severnoamerička livadska ševa, Zapadna/istočna livadska ševa
Swedish: obestämd Sturnella, Östlig ängstrupial, västlig ängstrupial/östlig ängstrupial
Turkish: Batılı/doğulu tarlasığırcığı, tanımsız Sturnella sp., Tarla Sığırcığı
Ukrainian: Шпаркос sp., Шпаркос східний
Chinese: 东草地鹨
Chinese (Traditional): 東方草地鷚
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