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title: "Eastern Meadowlark"
description: "Sturnella magna — Birds. The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to its sister species, the western meadowlark."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-meadowlark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Meadowlark

> Sturnella magna — Birds. The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to its sister species, the western meadowlark.

- Scientific name: *Sturnella magna*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 22334
- Wikidata: [Q1589550](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589550)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9528](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9528)

## Names

- en: Eastern Meadowlark
- de: Lerchenstärling
- es: Pradero Tortillaconchile
- fr: Sturnelle des prés
- nl: Witkaakweidespreeuw
- pt: Pedro-ceroulo
- pl: Wojak obrożny

## Countries with the most observations

US (14068), CA (2383), MX (923), CO (880), PA (225), CR (221), HN (118), CU (104), NI (100), BZ (83), BR (29), GT (29)

## Summary

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to its sister species, the western meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to northern South America, where it is also most widespread in the east. The Chihuahuan meadowlark was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern meadowlark.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_meadowlark

## Photo

![Eastern Meadowlark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-meadowlark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106536270

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-meadowlark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).