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[4] [5] The eastern meadowlark is now placed with the western meadowlark and Chihuahuan meadowlark in the genus Sturnella that was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot. [6] [7] The name Sturnella is a diminutive of the Latin sturnus meaning "starling". [8] Fourteen subspecies are recognised: [7]
The genus Sturnella was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with the eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) as the type species. [1] [2] The name Sturnella is a diminutive of the Latin sturnus meaning "starling". [3] By the early 20th century, the meadowlarks were split.
As a group, the meadowlarks have had a volatile taxonomic history. When Carl Linnaeus described the eastern meadowlark (the first of the meadowlarks to be scientifically described) in his epic 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1758, he thought it was related to the Old World larks, and so put it in the genus Alauda with them. [1]
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
Common name Binomial name IOC sequence Yellow-headed blackbird: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, 1826) 1 Bobolink: Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Western meadowlark: Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844: 3 Eastern meadowlark: Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Chihuahuan meadowlark: Sturnella lilianae Oberholser, 1930: 5 Red ...
The western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is a medium-sized species of bird in the family Icteridae, the icterids. About 8.5 inches (22 centimetres) in length, it is found across western and central North America. It is a full migrant, breeding in Canada and the United States with resident populations also found in Mexico.
Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Montana as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.
Only the "yellow-breasted" meadowlarks (eastern and western meadowlarks, including Lilian's) remained in the genus Sturnella. The red-breasted and white-browed meadowlarks were moved to the genus Leistes, while the pampas meadowlark, Peruvian meadowlark and long-tailed meadowlark made up the genus Pezites, which was established by Cabanis in ...