Meadowlarks are birds belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae.
Meadowlark
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common North American meadow bird of the family Icteridae, also called meadow starling.
Meadowlark
The Meadowlark is a fairly common bird in many parts of the USA. It is usually about 10 inches long with a sharp bill and brown stripes on its head.
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A Guide to North American Meadowlarks ...
Meadowlarks are belonging to genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae. This genus includes seven species of largely insectivorous grassland birds.
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna (Linnaeus)
Status Rare and local in summer, uncommon in winter. Breeds. It was rarely recorded in the nineteenth century but is more regular now.
Eastern Meadowlark
Adult nonbreeding
Similar Species
Western Meadowlark extremely similar, but paler, with thinner black barring on wings and tail feathers, and mostly yellow mustache stripe beside the yellow throat instead of white.
Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Identification Tips:
Length: 8.5 inches
Sharply-pointed bill
Buff and brown head stripes
Yellow underparts with black "v" on breast
White flanks with black streaks ...
Eastern Meadowlark
Relatives in same Genus
Western Meadowlark (S. neglecta) ...
The Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is widespread in grassland areas across the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Some races of this species nest as far west as Arizona.
The meadowlark's diet is mostly insects like caterpillars and grasshoppers, although it will sometimes eat seeds.
Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
Described by: de Filippi (1847)
Alternate common name(s): White-thighed Meadowlark, Greater Red-breasted Meadowlark, Peruvian Red-breasted Blackbird ...
The Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta, is a loud, brightly-colored songbird that sings many varied songs.
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Sturnella loyca falklandica
Local Name: Robin, Military Starling ...
The Eastern Meadowlark is not a lark (family Alaudidae) but rather a member of the family Icteridae, along with blackbirds and orioles.
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Western Meadowlark
(Sturnella neglecta)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2008
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Song: Western Meadowlark Song
Migration: Summers in the western half of the U.S. and the upper Midwest, Northern populations mouth south in the fall.
Similar Species: Eastern Meadowlark ...
Interspecifically territorial where both meadowlarks overlap; some males sing songs of both species. Males have repertoires of 5-12 song types. Roosts on ground in small groups. Winter flocks of 40-100.
STANFORD. NOTES: ...
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna. Breeder. Common in all seasons and regions. Found in grassy, weedy fields, especially high grass. Low Conservation Concern.
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Accidental.
Eastern Meadowlark
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Red-breasted Merganser
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Eastern Meadowlark (PR)
Red-winged Blackbird (PR)
Rusty Blackbird (WR)
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird (PR)
Common Grackle (PR)
Orchard Oriole (SR)
Baltimore Oriole (SR) ...
Western Meadowlark
A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.
White Dove
The White dove is a pigeon.
The Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is in the Icterid Family, along with the Blackbirds, Cowbirds, and Orioles. Meadowlarks are common, but shy and wary.
The Eastern Meadowlark is commonly found in fields, grasslands, and pastures. This species gleans and probes vegetation for insects, insect larvae, and some fruit and vegetable matter.
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna: Edgemere Landfill, Queens, NY, 27 Feb
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta: Bridge Street, San Jacinto Valley, CA, 03 Jan ...
The Long-tailed Meadowlark is distributed in Chile south of the Atacama and in Argentina south of Buenos Aires and along the foothills of the Andes. It is found in dry grasslands and pasture where there are shrubs and trees.
above include pocket gophers (Geomyidae), cottontails and jackrabbits (Leporidae), pikas (Ochotona spp.), wood rats (Neotoma spp.), mice, mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia), jays (Corvidae), western meadowlarks ...
Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta
Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus
Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula ...
Here were enjoyed that staple bird of South America the Blue-and-White Swallow and a Long-tailed Meadowlark. The leaders used a tape to lure a Moustached Turca out into the open.
Pampas meadowlark (Sturnella defilippii)
Red-bellied grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster)
Yellow oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
Red-breasted blackbird (Sturnella militaris)
Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi) ...
Roger Tory Peterson described the Dickcissel as like a little meadowlark. That's a good description with its black "stickpin" spot on the chest, and strong eyeline and yellow lores. Still the differences are great.
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MISSOURI MEADOW-LARK.
[Western Meadowlark.]
(State Bird of Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon and Wyoming)
STURNELLA NEGLECTA, Aud.
[Sturnella neglecta.] ...
While they primarily eat insects on the ground, all but the Meadowlark visit feeders. Red-winged blackbirds, cowbirds, and grackles often forage in mixed flocks during fall and winter. None will use nest boxes.
The Bare-shanked Screech Owl is a large screech-owl that is about the length (10 inches) of a Meadowlark. With a weight of 180 grams this can be one of the most massive of the screech-owls.
At least some potentially important avian prey species, such as meadowlarks, some plovers, Mourning Dove, Horned Lark, and others, seem to respond positively to grazing.
Diet
Groundhogs, marmots, foxes, skunks, cats, rabbits, grouse, ground squirrels, crows, pheasants, meadowlarks, tortoises, and snakes.
Prey includes Richardson's ground squirrels, white-tailed jackrabbits, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, prairie dogs, and kangaroo rats. Other prey includes snakes, lizards, meadowlarks, grasshoppers, and crickets.
(Powell 2006)
Human prescribed burning plus intense bison grazing may lower numbers of four grass-dependent species of sparrows and Eastern Meadowlarks, and shrub-dependent Bell's Vireos. (Powell 2006) ...
 See also: Western Meadowlark, Eastern Meadowlark, Blackbird, Sparrow, Woodpecker
  
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