Eastern Meadowlark

About this species

This species has 2,432,122 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (86%), Canada (7.8%), Colombia (1.8%) and Costa Rica (1%); together they account for 96.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.19% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Sturnella magna combines the genus name Sturnella with the species epithet magna. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Sturnella; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sturnella neglecta and Sturnella lilianae.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 105 species of the family Icteridae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Agelaius phoeniceus. Its record count is 3.6 times the family average (677,230). The family Icteridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Icteridae

• Western Meadowlark
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Baltimore Oriole
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Boat-tailed Grackle
• Shiny Cowbird

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org