Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Rosendo Fraga
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 16, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 16, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Zwartkopsoldatenspreeuw |
| English | Red-breasted Meadowlark |
| English (United States) | Red-breasted Meadowlark |
| French | Sturnelle militaire |
| French (France) | Sturnelle militaire |
| German | Rotbruststärling |
| Japanese | ムネアカマキバドリ |
| Norwegian | rødbrystlerketrupial |
| Polish | wojak krawatowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | polícia-inglesa-do-norte |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Polícia-inglesa-do-norte |
| Russian | Красногрудая лойка |
| Serbian | Crvenogruda livadska ševa |
| Slovak | lúčnik červenoprsý |
| Spanish | Loica Pechirroja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tordo Pechirrojo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pastorero Pechirrojo |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pastorero Pechirrojo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pastorero de Pecho Colorado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Loica pechirroja |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tordo Pechirrojo |
| Swedish | soldatängstrupial |
| Turkish | Al Göğüslü Loyka |
| Ukrainian | Шпаркос савановий |
Leistes militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
E.[mberiza] militaris
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.178.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'in America, Asia' ; Surinam designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 33.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LEISTES
- militaris
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-breasted Meadowlark