#1348 · 🐦 birds

Western Meadowlark

🇳🇱 Geelkaakweidespreeuw ·Sturnella neglecta

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

5 in (22 cm) in length. It nests on the ground in open grasslands across western and central North America. It feeds mostly on insects, but will also feed on seeds and berries. The western meadowlark has distinctive calls described as watery or flute-like, which distinguish it from the closely related eastern meadowlark.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,667iNaturalist observations
weight 106 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
35,667 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 106 g.
Scientifically named by John James Audubon in 1844 (182 years ago).