Red-breasted Meadowlarks
Leistes
The genus Leistes are predominantly South American grassland birds called meadowlarks. The genus was previously lumped with the North American meadowlarks in the genus Sturnella.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Long-tailed Meadowlark
speciesLeistes loyca
White-browed Meadowlark
speciesLeistes superciliaris
Red-breasted Meadowlark
speciesLeistes militaris
Peruvian Meadowlark
speciesLeistes bellicosus
Pampas Meadowlark
speciesLeistes defilippii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 793307.