Red-breasted meadowlark
| Red-breasted meadowlark | |
|---|---|
| male in the Llanos, Venezuela | |
| female in Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Icteridae |
| Genus: | Leistes |
| Species: | L. militaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Leistes militaris | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.