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).
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) [XC420263]
by from Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, United States (song)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) [XC232492]
by from Carrizo Plain National Monument (near Santa Margarita), San Luis Obispo County, California, United States (call, song)