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Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna - Witkaakweidespreeuw
Southeast-Canada to Northeast-Brazil.
The following 16 subspecies are being recognized:
Sturnella magna magna - Southeast-Canada, Central- and East-USA;
Sturnella magna argutula - Southcentral- and Southeast-USA;
Sturnella magna hoopesi - South-Texas (Southcentral-USA) and Northeast-Mexico;
Sturnella magna auropectoralis - Westcentral-Mexico;
Sturnella magna saundersi - Southeast-Oaxaca (South-Mexico);
Sturnella magna alticola - South-Mexico to Costa Rica;
Sturnella magna mexicana - Southeast-Mexico to Belize and Guatemala;
Sturnella magna griscomi - North-Yucatán (Southeast-Mexico);
Sturnella magna inexspectata - Honduras and Northeast-Nicaragua;
Sturnella magna subulata - Panama;
Sturnella magna meridionalis - Northcentral-Colombia to Northwest-Venezuela;
Sturnella magna paralios - North-Colombia, North- and Central-Venezuela;
Sturnella magna praticola - Ilanos of East-Colombia and Southeast-Venezuela to Guyana and Suriname;
Sturnella magna monticola - Montane South-Venezuela, the Guianas, North-Brazil;
Sturnella magna hippocrepis - Cuba;
Sturnella magna lilianae - Southwest-USA and Northwest-Mexico.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.