long-tailed meadowlark

noun

A passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.

Meanings

nounlong-tailed meadowlark (plural long-tailed meadowlarks)

plural long-tailed meadowlarks

  1. A passerine songbird, Leistes loyca, native to South America.

    All around, wild flowers transform stark mountains into alpine paradises, and the song of the long-tailed meadowlark rises over open areas.

    2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52
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