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title: "Weißbrauenstärling"
description: "Leistes superciliaris — Vögel. The white-browed meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-browed-meadowlark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Weißbrauenstärling

> Leistes superciliaris — Vögel. The white-browed meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.

- Scientific name: *Leistes superciliaris*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld), `farm` (Bauernhof)
- iNaturalist observations: 3247
- iNaturalist taxon: [793309](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793309)

## Names

- en: White-browed Meadowlark
- de: Weißbrauenstärling
- es: Loica argentina
- fr: Sturnelle à sourcils blancs

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1761), BR (1217), UY (127), BO (43), PY (20)

## Summary

The white-browed meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It was formerly named white-browed blackbird but is not closely related to the red-winged blackbird group.
The white-browed meadowlark breeds in north-eastern Brazil and in southern South America from south-western Brazil through Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Southern populations are partially migratory.
Like other meadowlarks, it is a bird associated with open country, including moist grasslands, pasture and cultivation, preferably with the odd bush or fence post for males to use as a songpost. In display…

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

## Photo

![Weißbrauenstärling](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-browed-meadowlark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66379131

## Machine access

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