Red-breasted Meadowlark
Leistes militaris(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Red-breasted Meadowlark
The Red-breasted Meadowlark (Leistes militaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern Costa Rica to Trinidad and the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, and northwestern BoliviaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leistes militaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-breasted Meadowlark
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- E[mberiza] militaris
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- 'in America, Asia' ; Surinam designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 33.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.178
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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