Pampas meadowlark

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Pampas meadowlark
Leistes defilippii Pampas Meadowlark (young male); Saavedra, Buenos Aires, Argentina.jpg
male
Leistes defilippii Pampas Meadowlark (female); Saavedra, Buenos Aires, Argentina.jpg
female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
Genus: Leistes
Species:
L. defilippii
Binomial name
Leistes defilippii
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Sturnella defilippii map.svg
Synonyms
  • Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Sturnella defilippii

The Pampas meadowlark (Leistes defilippii) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is scattered across the Pampas Plain.

Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, pampas grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Leistes defilippii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T22724229A178007403. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22724229A178007403.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.