Yellow-breasted Meadowlarks
Sturnella
The genus Sturnella are North American grassland passerine birds called meadowlarks. The genus was previously lumped with the South American meadowlarks now placed in the genus Leistes.
It includes two or three species of largely insectivorous grassland birds. In all species, the male has at least a black or brown back and extensively yellow underparts.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Western Meadowlark
speciesSturnella neglecta
Eastern Meadowlark
speciesSturnella magna
Chihuahuan Meadowlark
speciesSturnella lilianae
Western × Eastern Meadowlark
hybridSturnella neglecta × magna
Sturnella lilianae × neglecta
hybridSturnella lilianae × neglecta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 9526.