Bird

Western Meadowlark

Sturnella neglecta
Bird Near the Great Falls of the Missouri, Cascade County, Montana New to Western Science
Western Meadowlark

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.

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