Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Sturnella lilianae Oberholser, 1930
Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
Chihuahuan Meadowlark, Sturnella lilianae, is a passerine of the family Icteridae that breeds in south-western USA and north-western and west-central Mexico. It was described by Oberholser in 1930. The bird is tied to desert grasslands, with the northern form also using irrigated farmland in the eastern part of its Mexican range. Its breeding range runs from northern Arizona, northern New Mexico and western Texas into Sonora and Chihuahua, while the southern form occurs from southern Sinaloa and Durango to Nayarit, Michoacán and México. The species is split into two subspecies, the nominate form and S. l. auropectoralis.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae — Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: sw USA and nw, wc Mexico
