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Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta · Family Icteridae
Sturnella neglecta
Family Icteridae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Icteridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,375,744
- Countries and territories with records
- 3
About this species
This species has 2,375,744 occurrence records from 3 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (90.7%) and Canada (8.8%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.19% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sturnella neglecta combines the genus name Sturnella with the species epithet neglecta. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Sturnella; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sturnella magna and Sturnella lilianae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 105 species of the family Icteridae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Agelaius phoeniceus. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (677,230). The family Icteridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.