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GrasslandDomed nestMedium · 113 g
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Long-tailed meadowlark males average 27 cm (11 in) long. Males weigh an average of 112 g (4.0 oz) and females 97 g (3.4 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies L. l. loyca have a mostly blackish head with a long supercilium that is red from the bill to the eye and white beyond it, a white lower eyelid, and a short white "moustache". Their upperparts, wings, and tail are mostly brown with blackish streaks. A few wing coverts are rosy red and the underwing coverts are pale grayish white. Their chin, throat, and breast are rosy red with blackish sides. Voice: Both sexes of the long-tailed meadowlark sing, usually from a perch. One description of the song is a descending "chup chup chup tchew ee chew chewee chweeeew". The species' calls are "peet and chuck".
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When to see the Long-tailed Meadowlark
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Long-tailed Meadowlark
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Long-tailed Meadowlark
The long-tailed meadowlark is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.
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Easily confused with
Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisThe red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighing 40–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz).
White-browed MeadowlarkLeistes superciliarisThe white-browed meadowlark is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae.
Peruvian MeadowlarkLeistes bellicosusThe Peruvian meadowlark is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs 61 to 78 g (2.2 to 2.8 oz); males are larger than females.
Side by side: Long-tailed Meadowlark vs Red-breasted Meadowlark · Long-tailed Meadowlark vs Peruvian Meadowlark
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