Red-breasted meadowlark

Red-breasted meadowlark
	male in the Llanos, Venezuela
	female in Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Icteridae
Genus:	Leistes
Species:	L. militaris
Binomial name
	Leistes militaris; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Emberiza militaris Linnaeus, 1758; Sturnella militaris (Linnaeus, 1758); Tanagra militaris Linnaeus, 1766;

The red-breasted meadowlark (Leistes militaris) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It was formerly named red-breasted blackbird but is not closely related to the red-winged blackbird group.^[2]

^ BirdLife International (2020). "Leistes militaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22729346A138328502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22729346A138328502.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "A classification of the bird species of South America: Recent Changes".

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] BirdLife International (2020). "Leistes militaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22729346A138328502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22729346A138328502.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] "A classification of the bird species of South America: Recent Changes".

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