Bird
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
A winter visitor to Arkansas, found in all 75 counties and 4 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 4

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- All 75 counties
- Habitats
- 4
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Arkansas 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Other habitats in its models (30)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
- Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
- North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
- South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter.
- Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
- South Texas Lomas Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
- Recently Burned Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
- Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
- Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Winter: does not nest here, in all 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 231
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Little BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
- Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Juniperus virginiana var. virginianaJuniperus virginiana var. virginiana
- Post OakQuercus stellata
- Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica
- Compass PlantSilphium laciniatum
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Skinners False FoxgloveAgalinis skinneriana
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Bushy BluestemAndropogon glomeratus
- Splitbeard BluestemAndropogon ternarius
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- Rough Leaf DogwoodCornus drummondii
- Cockspur HawthornCrataegus crus-galli
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
Wildlife 218
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Western Meadowlark Elevation 0 to 3,700 m
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)










































