White-browed Meadowlark

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male mostly black, with bright red throat, belly and shoulder patches
2. Male has a conspicuous white supercilium above the eye

Male, female and young

Female has dark brown upperparts with pale yellow feather edges, and pale yellow underparts; juvenile resembles the female but is paler.

Voice

Call is a short “chuck”; song begins with a buzz, followed by “TZZZZZZ-teee-chu-chu-chak-chak”.

Where and when it's recorded

White-browed Meadowlark has been recorded at 223 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Reserva Ecológica Costanera SurArgentina655 records
2. Arrozais de Tremembé – Estrada do KanegaeBrazil361 records
3. Parque del BicentenarioArgentina306 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ArgentinaBrazilParaguayUruguayBolivia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

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