Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

About Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Kingdom: Animals
Phylum: Chordates
Class: Birds
Order: Perching Birds
Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles

Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) BREEDING: South Dakota and Minnesota east across southern Canada to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, south through eastern United States and Middle America to central Panama and west to Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas; Cuba; in South America from Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname south to Amazonian Brazil (Lanyon 1995, AOU 1998). NON-BREEDING: Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, New York and New England south through breeding range (Lanyon 1995, AOU 1998). RESIDENT: central Arizona, central New Mexico, and western Texas south to Sonora and Chihuahua (AOU 1998).
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2009-05-08

Burnidge Forest Preserve, United States of America
2010-10-30

Miller Meadow Forest Preserve, United States of America

It was hard to get a good look at the bird, and I am basing my ID on the season and that western meadowlark is supposedly a summer bird here.
2013-04-17

Brazoria NWR (UTC 108), United States of America
2013-04-20

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
2015-05-26

Nelson Lake Forest Preserve, United States of America
2015-11-01

El Valle de Anton, Panama
2021-05-23

Illinois Beach State Park, United States of America
2023-05-12

Illinois Beach State Park, United States of America
2024-02-03

Cayo Coco, Cuba

Seen south of the Cayo