---
title: "Long-tailed Meadowlark"
description: "Leistes loyca — Birds. The long-tailed meadowlark (Leistes loyca) is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-tailed-meadowlark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Meadowlark

> Leistes loyca — Birds. The long-tailed meadowlark (Leistes loyca) is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds.

- Scientific name: *Leistes loyca*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 6687
- iNaturalist taxon: [793313](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793313)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Meadowlark
- de: Langschwanz-Soldatenstärling
- es: Loica
- fr: Sturnelle australe

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3464), CL (2684), FK (194)

## Summary

The long-tailed meadowlark (Leistes loyca) is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.

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

## Photo

![Long-tailed Meadowlark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-meadowlark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305385358

## Machine access

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