Sturnella neglecta

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Sturnella neglecta - a meadowlark of western North America

western meadowlark

lark, meadowlark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast

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We focused on seven grassland bird species: sedge wren (Cistothorus paltensis), Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandzmchensis), grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus hensloxmi), dickcissel (Spiza americana), bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), and western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta).

Local-scale Habitat Associations of Grassland Birds in Southwestern Minnesota

Researchers found that grazed plots had more native plants than ungrazed ones and that all three bird species studied -- Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), and Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), had positive associations with native plant abundance.

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RESULTS--We found 221 nests of eight species of birds over two field seasons (Table 1), with Cassin's sparrows, grasshopper sparrows, lark sparrows, and western meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta) accounting for 84% of all nests monitored.

Nesting ecology of grassland birds following a wildfire in the southern Great Plains

The most commonly detected species was the western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (n = 56 detections), while the Emberizidae (sparrows) family was the most commonly detected family (n = 106).

Wintering bird responses to the presence of artificial surface water in a semi-arid rangeland

californica, Sturnella neglecta y Mymus polyglottos.

Avifauna del Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico

leucophrys Sturnella neglecta 4 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Loxia curvirostra 5 Carduelis (Spinus) pinus 1 unidentified raptoral bird bones 160 196 unidentified passerine bones total of identified bones.

An updated catalogue of the birds from the Carpinteria Asphalt, Pleistocene of California

(2004) in these BBA blocks: Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix), Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), and Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta).

Breeding birds and nest productivity at Green Wing Environmental Laboratory, northcentral, Illinois

Forest dwelling birds such as Townsend's solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) and mountain chickadee (Parus gambeli) are replacing grassland obligate species such as sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) in larger stands.

How the Scanlans got their range back

Baird's Sparrows (Ammodramus bairdii), Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum), Le Conte's Sparrows (Ammodramus leconteii), Sprague's Pipits (Anthus spragueii), Western Meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta), and Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) were absent from unburned areas.

Responses of grassland birds to management practices: lessons from the literature. (Symposium)

An incubation stage of 14 d and nestling stage of 11 d were chosen for simulation because these are average values for the Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) (Baicich and Harrison 1997), and it was data collected for this species (by B.W.