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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.
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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