Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: ICTERIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
The clear, melodious whistles of the Eastern Meadowlark are a familiar and welcome sound across farms and grasslands in eastern North America. Eastern and Western meadowlarks are closely related; the two species are very difficult to distinguish except by voice and location, but they do not readily hybridize where their ranges meet.