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Photo by Doug greenberg
Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline, California, March 2004

Sturnella neglecta

[edit] Identification

• Head striped with light brown and black
• Brown upper parts with black streaks
• Yellow underparts
• Black "V" on breast
• White flanks streaked with black
• Long pointed bill

[edit] Distribution

Western and central North America to southern Mexico. Kaua'i, Hawaii.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies:

• S. n. confluenta:

• South-western and central British Columbia to western Idaho and southern California

• S. n. neglecta:

• South-eastern British Columbia to northern Baja, Texas and Gulf States

[edit] Habitat

Grasslands, prairies, pastures, and abandoned fields.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Ground nesters; the nest has a roof woven from grass.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, seeds and berries.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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