Biology:Chihuahuan meadowlark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Sturnella |
| Species: | S. lilianae
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| Sturnella lilianae Oberholser, 1930
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Chihuahuan meadowlark (Sturnella lilianae), also known as Lilian's meadowlark, is a bird in the family Icteridae. It is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern portion of the United States. It was formerly usually treated as a subspecies of the eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna).
Taxonomy
The Chihuahuan meadowlark was formally described in 1930 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser as a subspecies of the eastern meadowlark based on a holotype that had been collected in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. Oberholser proposed the trinomial name Sturnella magna lilianae.[1] The epithet lilianae was chosen to honor Lilian Hanna Baldwin (wife of ornithologist Samuel Prentiss Baldwin).[1][2] It is now treated as a separate species based on the significant morphological, vocal and genomic differences between the Chihuahuan meadowlark and the other subspecies of the eastern meadowlark.[3][4][5]
Two subspecies are recognised:[5]
- Sturnella lilianae lilianae Oberholser, 1930 – southwest USA and northwest Mexico (Chihuahuan Desert)
- Sturnella lilianae auropectoralis Saunders, GB, 1934 – west-central Mexico
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oberholser, Harry C. (1930). "Notes on a collection of birds from Arizona and New Mexico". Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 (4): 83-124 [103-104, plate 18. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39775521.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n227/mode/1up.
- ↑ Beam, J.K.; Funk, E.R.; Taylor, S.A. (2021). "Genomic and acoustic differences separate Lilian’s Meadowlark (Sturnella magna lilianae) from Eastern (S. magna) and Western (S. neglecta) meadowlarks". Ornithology 138 (2): ukab004. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab004.
- ↑ Chesser, R.T.; Billerman, S.M.; Burns, K.J.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J.L.; Hernández-Baños, B.E.; Jiménez, R.A.; Kratter, A.W. et al. (2022). "Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds". Ornithology 139 (3): ukac020. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukac020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2022). "Oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/blackbirds/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6547663 entry
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