Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

The Western Meadowlark is a robin-sized songbird (Family: Icteridae, Order: Passeriformes). The meadowlark is known for the piercing pure voice and the melody of its songs. The meadowlark has dark-yellow underparts, a brown-white spotted back, and black eyestripes.

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The meadowlark is a New World Blackbird (Icteridae), or an icterid. The family includes such birds as grackles and blackbirds. The Icterids have pointed bills and long tails.

The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of Oregon, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

Other Icteridae species:

Red-Winged Blackbird
*Agelaius phoeniceus*

Brewer's Blackbird
*Euphagus cyanocephalus*

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