Western Meadowlark / Sturnella neglecta
Western Meadowlark
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sturnella neglecta BirdsAm.[8vo] [8vo], 7 p.339 pl.489
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Sturnella
Taxonomy Code: wesmea
Type Locality: Missouri River above Fort Croghan [= Old Fort Union, North Dakota] .
Author: Audubon
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
STURNELLA
(Icteridae; Ϯ Eastern Meadowlark S. magna) L. sturnellus little starling < dim. sturnus starling. Formerly the American icterids were included with the starlings in Sturnidae (hence the frequent use of Gr. ψαρ psar starling in icterid genera); "79. STOURNELLE, Sturnella. Sturnus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit, entier, convexe en dessus, obtus et dilaté à la pointe; mandibule supérieure à base prolongée et arrondie dans les plumes du front. — Pouce plus fort et plus long que les doigts latéraux. Esp. Stourne, ou Merle à fer-à-cheval, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Sturnella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 34. Type, by monotypy, "Stourne, ou Merle à fer-à-cheval" Buffon = Alauda magna Linnaeus." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 177).
Var. Sturnellus, Sternella, Sturela, Sturnela.
Synon. Cirulus, Pedopsaris, Pezites, Trupialis.
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
SUBSPECIES
Western Meadowlark (confluenta)
SCI Name: Sturnella neglecta confluenta
confluenta
L. confluentus united, confluent, flocking < confluere to flow together.
Western Meadowlark (neglecta)
SCI Name: Sturnella neglecta neglecta
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)