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Western Meadowlark

Sturnella neglecta

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in all 64 parishes and 4 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 64 parishes
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 4

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterWest Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

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.

WinterBeside its main habitat.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterBeside its main habitat.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration
Other habitats in its models (32)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

  • 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.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
  • South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland 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.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Winter: does not nest here, in all 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 139

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 258

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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