Sturnella magna ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: ICTERIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Gerrit Vyn
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.
Song consists of plaintive, clear whistles, slurred and nearly always descending at the end. Call notes include a short, abrupt buzz and a rattling chatter.