Bird
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Names
Oldfield Lark (Western)
Habitat
Great Falls
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-06-22
Observed At
Near the Great Falls of the Missouri, Cascade County, Montana
Audubon named species S. neglecta because Lewis’s use of the song as the way to tell the two species apart was unheeded.