Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae (Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds)  
Genus: Sturnella (3 species, 3 worldwide)


Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Chihuahuan Meadowlark (Sturnella lilianae lilianae)
Wilcox, Arizona,  
   
Photograph by Skip Russell     Copyright and usage info

Larger, paler and with a whiter tail than the Eastern Meadowlark. And lives in the desert.

Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna praticola) Near Threatened
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in open fields.

Western Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Stanwood, Washington State, United States  
   
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon     Copyright and usage info



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