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 ...
Western Meadowlark
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Meadowlark (S. magna) ...
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 ...
Western Meadowlark are easily spotted sitting on the higher perches around; be it power line, tall plant or rock outcrop. They are a long beaked thrush-like bird typically sing 'signing their heart out' over the plains.
The Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta, is a loud, brightly-colored songbird that sings many varied songs.
Range The western meadowlark is a short-distance migrator. Its breeding range stretches from British Columbia, northern Michigan, and northwestern Ohio south to Missouri, central Texas and northern Mexico.
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.
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta (Audubon)
Status One sight record. A meadowlark found by Eric Cooke and Sylvia Fullerton at Cherry Hill Beach, Lunenburg County, on 1 January 1982 uttered the characteristic call note of this species.
Western Meadowlark
Birders know this species even as they fly quickly past and land in a grassy field. The shape of the head and bill, plus the outer white tails feathers make for an easy ID.
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta. Accidental.
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Rare in fall, and occasional in winter and spring in Gulf Coast region. In inland regions, occasional in fall and spring.
Western Meadowlark
A brightly-colored songbird from western and central North America.
White Dove
The White dove is a pigeon.
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 ...
The Western Meadowlark, which generally prefers somewhat drier habitats and ranges from parts of western Alabama westward to California, is quite similar in plumage. The two species are best distinguished by voice.
Telling this species apart from the Western Meadowlark takes practice and many non-vocalizing birds in the non-breeding season cannot be identified with confidence except with exceptional looks by a very experienced observer.
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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.] ...
The two North American species, the eastern and western meadowlarks,
their ranges overlapping in the middle west.
Both are about 9 inches long.
Here the army got the upper hand so the Indians wisely road away to fight another day. There are good birds here as well: Turkey, Say's Phoebe, Western Meadowlark, Lark Sparrow, Red-shafted Flicker, Cedar Waxwings.
Peruvian Meadowlark, Sturnella bellicosa
Pampas Meadowlark, Sturnella defillippi
Long-tailed Meadowlark, Sturnella loyca
Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta ...
 See also: Meadowlark, Eastern Meadowlark, Sparrow, Perch, Blackbird
  
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