Eastern Meadowlark

The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east.

The Eastern Meadowlark is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna , and in the dry grasslands of the west, the Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta. Both species also extend into southern Canada and Mexico on their respective sides of the continent, and in many places the two species overlap, making identification difficult unless you hear them singing—visually, they are almost identical. Meadowlarks are often depicted or photographed sitting on a fence post. More

Few Eastern meadowlarks were seen or heard migrating in very late evenings and early mornings, but many more were observed in the daylight hours. In late March and April individuals and loose flocks of as many as 60 flew northward at a low elevation across the lake. Loose flocks of 5 to 100 birds were often observed flying during spring and fall. The flocks generally flew a short distance and began to feed. More

Distribution of the Eastern Meadowlark in North and Central America. No bird is more representative of farmland and open country throughout eastern North America than the Eastern Meadowlark. More

The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east. More

Management Plan, the Eastern Meadowlark have decreased ten percent a year and are among the most steeply declining birds in the Mid-Atlantic. Eastern Meadowlarks inhabit field, pasture, and meadows which can all be found in Oxon Cove Park. These habitats are dwindling as more and more farm and fields give way to development, revert to forests, or shift from pastures to row crops. More

The Eastern Meadowlark has a large range, estimated globally at 7,300,000 square kilometers. It is native to the nations of North America as well as Central America and parts of South America and prefers shrubland and grassland ecosystems, though it has been known to reside in rural and pastureland areas. The global population of this bird is estimated at 10,000,000 individuals and it does not appear to meet population decline criteria that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. More

The Eastern Meadowlark is not a lark (family Alaudidae) but rather a member of the family Icteridae, along with blackbirds and orioles. State of the Birds > Common Birds in Decline > Eastern Meadowlark #6 Common Bird in DeclineEastern Meadowlark(Sturnella magna) French Name: Sturnelle des prés Spanish Name: Pradero tortilla con chile Genus: Sturnella Species: S. More

Eastern Meadowlark Range MapView dynamic map of eBird sightings Field MarksHelp - * Adult breedingPopOutZoom In Adult breeding * © Kevin T. Karlson * Adult nonbreedingPopOutZoom In Adult nonbreeding * © Kevin T. More

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Eastern MeadowlarkThe song of this bird is simpler and not warbled like that of the Western Meadowlark; this may be the easiest way to tell the two birds apart. Status: The numbers of this birds increased as forests were cleared in eastern North America; their numbers are now shrinking with a decline in suitable habitat. Copyright: Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia. More

Above: An Eastern Meadowlark at the Stuttgart Airport in Arkansas (3/2006). Listen to audio by Nathan Pieplow Below two: Eastern Meadowlarks guarding their pastoral domains in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (5/3/2008). Below: Photographed in southern Florida (2/2005). Below: An Eastern Meadowlark calls its zrrt calls from an exposed perch in Charles Co., Maryland (11/1/2008). More

The song of the Eastern Meadowlark is a whistling see-you-see-yer or putting words to it would sound like "spring is here" which they sing while perched on a fence post, tree, pole or on the ground. They utter harsh alarming notes to proclaim their territory. Range: The Eastern Meadowlark is wide-spread in the eastern US and south-eastern Canada extending as far west as Arizona. It is also resident in the Bahamas and extends south to Mexico. More

A disjunct population of Eastern Meadowlark in the desert grasslands of southern Arizona and New Mexico, western Texas, and northern Mexico is considered by some to merit species ranking. Known as Lilian's Meadowlark, it is distinguished by subtle plumage differences and voice from the Western Meadowlark. Curiously, where Lilian's and Western Meadowlarks occur together, the Lilian's takes the drier territories. More

overlaps with its western counterpart, the eastern meadowlark is nearly unmistakable with its deep yellow chest festooned with a bold black V. The striking pattern is easiest to see when the male is singing from a fencepost, small tree, or even, on occasion, from a telephone wire. The bird spends the majority of its life on the ground in pastures, grassy fields, and drier marshes, where the subtly patterned brown back makes it inconspicuous. More

The Eastern Meadowlark whistles a melody of about four or five notes. It's simpler than most bird songs. To me it sounds like, "Oh sweet Rose Marie." The Western Meadowlark sings a different sort of song. It's complicated and difficult to reproduce, with doubled notes and an almost gurgling quality. It sounds like a flute, but a flute blown by no human player. More

Bent Life History for the Eastern Meadowlark - the common name and sub-species reflect the nomenclature in use at the time the description was written. EASTERN MEADOWLARK STURNELLA MAGNA MAGNA (Linnaeus) Contributed by Alfred 0. Gross HABITS The meadowlark is the outstanding and the most characteristic bird of the American farm. More

Eastern Meadowlark Habitat Model go to: USFWS Gulf of Maine Watershed Habitat Analysis go to: Species Table Feedback: We welcome your suggestions on improving this model! Draft Date: May 2001 Species: Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna Use of Study Area Resources: Reproduction in all of study area except northwest Maine; winters as far north as southern Maine. Habitat Requirements: Cover. More

The Eastern Meadowlark has a bright yellow breast adorned with a distinct broad black necklace (in the shape of a V), short tails and short rounded wings, white outer tail feathers, long starling-like bills, and brown-streaked backs. The female resembles the male, but is smaller. This bird is anywhere from 8 1/2-11" in length with a wingspread of 13 1/2-17". More

The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where is is also most widespread in the east. Adults have yellow underparts with a black "V" on the breast and white flanks with black streaks. The upperparts are mainly brown with black streaks. They have a long pointed bill; the head is striped with light brown and black. More

The Eastern Meadowlark is actually not a lark at all, but is related to the black-bird family. Nine and a half inches in length, it has a bright yellow breast with black crescent-shaped patch and is striking in color. This is a mid-sized bird, with a long, slender bill, short tail and long legs. A dark crown with light stripe, brown and black wings and tail, and white tail markings (seen when in flight) conclude our physical description of this very pretty bird. More

Eastern meadowlarks became common summer residents in Ohio during the mid-1800s as forests were replaced by small farm fields. Populations began declining in the 1930s and 1940s as grasslands were converted to cultivated crops. In subsequent decades they continued to decline because of the more frequent mowing of hayfields and the unusually severe winters of the late 1970s (Peterjohn 1989). Declining numbers are not limited to Ohio but have been reported throughout eastern North America since 1966 (Table 1). More

Breeding distribution of the Eastern Meadowlark in the United States and southern Canada, based on Breeding Bird Survey data, 1985-1991. Scale represents average number of individuals detected per route per year. Map from Price, J., S. Droege, and A. Price. 1995. The summer atlas of North American birds. Academic Press, London, England. 364 pages. - Keys to management are providing large areas of contiguous grassland of intermediate height with significant grass cover and moderate forb density. More

The Eastern Meadowlark, is a beautiful bird with bright yellow wings, which is rapidly declining in numbers. It is part of the Icteridae family. Known by many names, some people even call them the Meadow Starling. TOP Migration The bird is usually a permanent resident to the Eastern US from Maryland south to Texas and Mexico. Some however do travel in the summer to lower Eastern Canada and Michigan. More

The Eastern Meadowlark has a far more extensive range, occurring from central Quebec throughout the eastern United States west to Nebraska and Texas, south along Mexico's Caribbean coast through Central America to Amazonia. Eastern Meadowlarks tolerate extremes of climate from hot tropical lowlands to cool meadows at 11,500 feet in the Andes Mountains. Both species have experienced range expansions in North America since colonial times, and their ranges now overlap. More