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Eastern Meadowlark
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)

NT Near Threatened

Names

EnglishEastern Meadowlark
DutchWitkaakweidespreeuw
SpanishPradero Tortillaconchile
Chinese东草地鹨
Scientific nameSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to its sister species, the western meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to northern South America, where it is also most widespread in the east. The Chihuahuan meadowlark was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern meadowlark.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyIcteridae
GenusSturnella

In Suriname

428Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1905First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para326
  • Sipaliwini54
  • Brokopondo3
  • Paramaribo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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