Pampas Meadowlark

Pampas meadowlark males average 21 cm (8.3 in) long. Males weigh an average of 74 g (2.6 oz) and females 68 g (2.4 oz). Adult males have a mostly black 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 and wings are mostly dusky brown with brownish streaks and some barring on the uppertail coverts. A few wing coverts are rosy red and the underwing coverts are black and red. Their tail is blackish with thin olive bars. Their chin, throat, and breast are rosy red with black sides. Voice: In their flight display the male Pampas meadowlarks' song is "variable and rather musical, often combining ascending and descending whistles with a loud sustained note, e.g. tse-tse-réé-tsew-tsee-tsew". When they sing from a perch (usually a grass clump) they add "final buzzy or rasping notes". The species' primary call is "peet".