Lark bunting

E223876

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lark bunting canonical 1
lark bunting 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico

southwestern United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado → hasOfficialBird → Lark bunting ⓘ
Calamospiza melanocorys → commonName → lark bunting ⓘ
linked to: Lark bunting