Lark bunting

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The lark bunting is a medium-sized North American sparrow known for the male’s striking black-and-white breeding plumage and melodious song, commonly found in the grasslands of the central United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
sparrow
species
bodyLength about 15–18 cm
breedingSystem socially monogamous with occasional polygyny
breedsIn Great Plains
central United States
class Aves
clutchSize 3–5 eggs
commonName Calamospiza melanocorys
lark bunting
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN
describedBy Charles Lucien Bonaparte
describedInYear 1850
diet insects
seeds
family Passerellidae
femalePlumage streaked brown and white
foragingBehavior ground forager
habitat grasslands
prairies
sagebrush steppe
kingdom Animalia
maleBreedingPlumage black body with white wing patches
migrationPattern migratory
nativeTo North America
nestLocation on the ground
nestType cup nest
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
preferredBreedingHabitatFeature open grassland with scattered shrubs
rangeIncludes Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Texas
Wyoming
scientificName Calamospiza melanocorys
sexualDimorphism present
socialBehavior forms flocks outside breeding season
songCharacteristic melodious song
songFunction mate attraction
territorial advertisement
stateBirdOf Colorado
taxonRank species
wintersIn Northern Mexico
surface form: northern Mexico

southwestern United States

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Colorado hasOfficialBird Lark bunting