Size: 9.5 inches
Overall Color: pale gray brown
Occurrence: town
Diet: seeds, insects
Nest: domed on ground
Field Identification: yellow on neck and breast, black v on breast, white outer tail feathers
Season: winter

Western meadowlark
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae (icterids)
Genus: Sturnella
species: neglecta