Sturnella
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The genus Sturnella are North American grassland birds called meadowlarks. The genus was previously lumped with the South American meadowlarks now placed in the genus Leistes.
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Sturnella | |
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Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Icteridae |
Genus: | Sturnella Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Alauda magna Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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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.