Meadowlark
The Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America.
The song of this bird is of pure, melancholy whistles, and thus simpler than the jumbled and flutey song of the Western Meadowlark. Their ranges overlap across central North America. In the field, the song is often the easiest way to tell the two species apart, though plumage differences do exist, like tail pattern and malar coloration.
These photos were taken at Hacienda Solimar.
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