sturnella magna

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sturnella magna
    n 1: a meadowlark of eastern North America [syn: {eastern
         meadowlark}, {Sturnella magna}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

meadowlark \meadowlark\, meadow lark \meadow lark\n. (Zool.),
   Any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of North American
   songbirds allied to the starlings. The common species
   ({Sturnella magna}) has a yellow breast with a black
   crescent.

   Syn: lark.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Meadowsweet