Eastern Meadowlark

• Its decline is one of the most severe in North America: more than seventy per cent since 1970, driven by the conversion of grassland into intensive crops and by ever earlier mowing, which destroys nests before the chicks can fly.
• Unlike the western meadowlark, the state bird of six US states, it is not the state bird of any.
• Its cryptic back and yellow breast work like a switch: head on, it is impossible to miss, and the moment it turns it vanishes into the dry grass.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Grassland, pasture, hay meadows and savannah of eastern North America and northern South America

Birth weight

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Size at birth

Altricial: born blind, naked or with sparse down and entirely dependent

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

13 days

Litter / clutch size

5

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturnella_magna

Best time: From March to July on the grasslands of eastern North America, when the male sings his fluted whistle from posts and wires.