Bird

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

Male Western Meadowlark, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Romain Boisseau, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA). CC BY-SA. iNaturalist photo 615740453. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

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. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (8)

Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
South Texas Lomas Winter, beside its main habitat.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter.
Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter, beside its main habitat.

Midwest (3)

Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.

Land cover and other classes (21)

Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter, beside its main habitat.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, beside its main habitat.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture 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.
Recently Logged Areas Winter, beside its main habitat.
South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

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

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

No native plants of these genera are recorded in Louisiana.

Plant genera in its diet records (2)

Triticum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
Zea Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.