Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Family
Icteridae (New World Blackbirds)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Audubon, 1844

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and shrubland, temperate grassland. From sea-level - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B), Mexico, USA (B).

Breeds in Canada (from southern British Columbia and north-central Alberta east to south-western Ontario) and southern in western USA (east to Michigan, western Iowa and western Texas) to Mexico (south to northern Baja California, Sonora and central plateau in Guanajuato); in winter extends farther southern into Mexico and eastern in USA to R Mississippi and the Gulf Coast.

Population
Estimated population is 32,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (309)...)

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) [XC246799]
by Richard E. Webster from East Boulder Trail\/White Rocks Trail junction, Boulder County, Colorado, United States (song)

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) [XC172448]
by Richard E. Webster from Rabbit Mountain Park, Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, United States (song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

neglecta Audubon, 1844 - South-western and south-central Canada through the western USA to central Mexico.
confluenta Rathbun, 1917 - South-western and central British Columbia to western Idaho and southern California.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) - 10 files

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