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Western meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta

Western meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Western meadowlark
Western meadowlark

Size: 9.5 inches
Overall Color: pale gray brown and yellow and black
Occurrence: grasslands, fields
Diet: seeds, insects
Nest: domed on ground
Field Identification: yellow on neck and breast, black v on breast, white outer tail feathers, yellow in front of eye, black line behind eye
Season: summer


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
Genus: Sturnella
Species: neglecta

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