Sturnella

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Genus of birds

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| image = Sturnella magna -Mexico-8.jpg | image_caption = Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | taxon = Sturnella | authority = Vieillot, 1816 | type_species = Alauda magna | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text

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.

Taxonomy and list of species

The genus Sturnella was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with the eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) as the type species. The name Sturnella is a diminutive of the Latin sturnus meaning "starling".

By the early 20th century, the meadowlarks were split. 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 1851. By the late 20th century, all meadowlarks were lumped in the genus Sturnella. In 2017, all the red-breasted meadowlarks were merged into the genus Leistes.

The genus contains three species:

|name=Eastern meadowlark |binomial=Sturnella magna |image=File:Eastern meadowlark joe overstreet and landing 1.22.24 DSC 4126-topaz-denoiseraw-sharpen.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus |authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= eastern North America to northern South America |range-image=File:Sturnella magna map after split.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= NT |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Fourteen subspecies |bullets=on | S. m. magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | S. m. argutula Bangs, 1899 | S. m. hoopesi Stone, 1897 | S. m. saundersi Dickerman & Phillips, AR, 1970 | S. m. alticola Nelson, 1900 | S. m. mexicana Sclater, PL, 1861 | S. m. griscomi Van Tyne & Trautman, 1941 | S. m. inexspectata Ridgway, 1888 | S. m. subulata Griscom, 1934 | S. m. meridionalis Sclater, PL, 1861 | S. m. paralios Bangs, 1901 | S. m. praticola Chubb, C, 1921 | S. m. monticola Chubb, C, 1921 | S. m. hippocrepis (Wagler, 1832)

|name= Chihuahuan meadowlark|binomial=Sturnella lilianae |image=File:Lilian's Meadowlark, San Rafael Valley, Arizona 6.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Oberholser |authority-year=1930 |authority-not-original= |range= northern Mexico and the southwestern portion of the United States |range-image=File:Sturnella lilianae map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | Sturnella lilianae lilianae Oberholser, 1930 | Sturnella lilianae auropectoralis Saunders, GB, 1934

|name=Western meadowlark |binomial=Sturnella neglecta |image=File:Sturnella neglecta GNP 02.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Audubon|authority-year= 1844 |authority-not-original=yes |range= western and central North America. |range-image=File:Sturnella neglecta map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on | S. n. neglecta Audubon, 1844 | S. n. confluenta Rathbun, 1917

References

References

  1. Vieillot, Louis Pierre. (1816). "Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire". Deterville/self.
  2. (1968). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  3. Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  4. (2020). "Oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds". International Ornithologists' Union.

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