Passeriformes / Icteridae / Leistes

Long-tailed Meadowlark

Leistes loyca

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Sturnella loyca → Leistes loyca

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Tabaré Barreto · CC_BY_4_0

Lauu · CC_BY_4_0

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Richard Littauer · CC0_1_0

Tabaré Barreto · CC_BY_4_0

Lauu · CC_BY_4_0

Nico · CC_BY_4_0

Leistes loyca catamarcanus

Jujuy and Catamarca (northwestern Argentina)
Leistes loyca falklandicus

Falkland Islands
Leistes loyca loyca

Chile (southern Atacama southward to Cape Horn) and Argentina (San Juan, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires southward to Tierra del Fuego)
Leistes loyca obscurus

Sierras de Córdoba and San Luis (central Argentina)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.