Pampas Meadowlark - BirdForum Opus

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Image by Jan Bisschop
Bahía Blanca pampas, Argentina, February 2004

Leistes defilippii

Sturnella defilippii

Distribution

Pampas of eastern Argentina (rarely Uruguay and south-eastern Brazil). Very fragmented populations in the area, and currently classified as vulnerable due to habitat loss.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
This species has formerly been placed in the genus Sturnella.

Habitat

Temperate shrubland, grassland and pastureland. Requires old areas off tall, native pampas grasses to breed.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Wikipedia
3. Neotropical birds online

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pampas Meadowlark. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pampas_Meadowlark

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