Long-tailed Meadowlark
Leistes loyca
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae
- Genus
- Leistes
- eBird Code
- lotmea1
Taxonomy Changes
Sturnella loyca → Leistes loyca
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Tabaré Barreto · CC_BY_4_0
Lauu · CC_BY_4_0
Nico · CC_BY_4_0
Richard Littauer · CC0_1_0
Tabaré Barreto · CC_BY_4_0
Lauu · CC_BY_4_0
Lauu · CC_BY_4_0
Nico · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Leistes loyca catamarcanus
Jujuy and Catamarca (northwestern Argentina)
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Leistes loyca falklandicus
Falkland Islands
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Leistes loyca loyca
Chile (southern Atacama southward to Cape Horn) and Argentina (San Juan, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires southward to Tierra del Fuego)
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Leistes loyca obscurus
Sierras de Córdoba and San Luis (central Argentina)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.