CreatureData

Eastern meadowlark

Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)

NTNear Threatenedsongbirds

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a species in the family Icteridae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 79.4 g to 103 g and live up to 11.7 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Photo: synspectrum · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the eastern meadowlark

Weight
79.4 g – 103 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
11.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
12.6 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
5src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the eastern meadowlark live?

Not recorded

What is the eastern meadowlark?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to its sister species, the western meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to northern South America, where it is also most widespread in the east. The Chihuahuan meadowlark was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern meadowlark.

From the Wikipedia article “Eastern meadowlark” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_meadowlark&oldid=1380663612), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the eastern meadowlark endangered?

The eastern meadowlark is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the eastern meadowlark classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyIcteridae
  6. genusSturnella
  7. SpeciesSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Alauda magna

Other names and names in other languages (52)
  • Meadow larkEnglish
  • MedlarkEnglish
  • pradenca orientalCatalan
  • Alosa pradenca de l'estCatalan
  • ᏃᏈᏏCherokee
  • vlhovec východníCzech
  • ehedydd maes y DwyrainWelsh
  • Østlig EnglærkeDanish
  • LerchenstärlingGerman
  • Östlicher LerchenstärlingGerman
  • eosta ikteroEsperanto
  • Orienta sturneloEsperanto
  • zacatero comúnSpanish
  • ChirlobirloSpanish
  • Pradero orientalSpanish
  • Pradero tortilla-con-chileSpanish
  • Pradero TortillaconchileSpanish
  • SabaneroSpanish
  • Turpial orientalSpanish
  • ida-niiduturpialEstonian
  • preeriaturpiaaliFinnish
  • Sturnelle des présFrench
  • Mórfhuiseog léanaIrish
  • žuti vranjakCroatian
  • keleti réticsirögeHungarian
  • StráklofiIcelandic
  • Sturnella orientaleItalian
  • Sturnella allodola orientaleItalian
  • ヒガシマキバドリJapanese
  • didysis pievinis trupialasLithuanian
  • austrumu pļavustrazdsLatvian
  • WitkaakweidespreeuwDutch
  • englerketrupialNorwegian
  • Odaabiikaaganeshiinh (Onaapihkaakani pineshiihsh)Ojibwa
  • Chuchubi Dashi PretoPapiamento
  • Chuchubi Dashi PretuPapiamento
  • wojak obrożnyPolish
  • pedro-cerouloPortuguese
  • estornela-orientalPortuguese
  • Peito-amarelo-celouroPortuguese
  • Большой луговой трупиалRussian
  • Восточный луговой трупиалRussian
  • PreriatrupiálaNorthern Sami
  • lúčnik obojkovýSlovak
  • vzhodni travniški škorčevecSlovenian
  • Istočna livadska ševaSerbian
  • östlig ängstrupialSwedish
  • Doğulu TarlasığırcığıTurkish
  • шпаркос східнийUkrainian
  • 草地鷚Chinese
  • 东草地鹨Chinese
  • 東方草地鷚Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the eastern meadowlark

Other species in the same genus Sturnella.

CompareEastern meadowlark vs Western meadowlarkEastern meadowlark vs Lilian's meadowlark

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern meadowlark?

An adult eastern meadowlark weighs 79.4 g – 103 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the eastern meadowlark endangered?

The eastern meadowlark is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

How long does the eastern meadowlark live?

The eastern meadowlark has a recorded lifespan of 11.7 years.

What kind of animal is the eastern meadowlark?

The eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) belongs to the family Icteridae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-meadowlark

MLA

“Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-meadowlark.

BibTeX
@misc{eastern_meadowlark_2026,
  title = {Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-meadowlark},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}