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The Long-tailed meadowlark (Sturnella loyca) is a bird found in Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands. Open grassland and farms across southern South America. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Long-tailed meadowlark lives

Open grassland and farms across southern South America.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Long-tailed meadowlark

Recorded by Cristian Pinto Fernandez (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1169311. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Long-tailed meadowlark

Where does the Long-tailed meadowlark live?

The Long-tailed meadowlark lives in Chile, Argentina and Falkland Islands. Open grassland and farms across southern South America.

What does the Long-tailed meadowlark eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Long-tailed meadowlark endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Táchira antpitta
• Cundinamarca antpitta
• Jocotoco antpitta
• Urrao antpitta
• Buff-throated purpletuft
• Chestnut-capped piha

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.