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Common Name

Western Meadowlark

Alternate Names

Common Type

Meadowlark

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Icteridae

Genus

Sturnella

Species

neglecta

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Co, KS

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Northern population migrates south but many are resident.

Preferred Habitat

Grasslands, prairie, pastures and hay fields

Distribution and Range

Western North America and south into Mexico

Food

Probe with their bill while foraging for arthropods plus some seeds and berries.

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Field Notes:

Few people can separate an Eastern from a Western and that is usually by its song. Where ranges overlap there is some interbreeding but the young appear to have low fertility. The state bird of six states including KS.

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