Allen Chartier writes: "And the meadowlark is most likely a Western as it has a yellow malar, where Eastern has a white malar (both have yellow throats, of course). Western Meadowlarks prefer drier, sparser habitats than do Easterns (in the west). And, of course, there's a big difference in the song."

Jeff Kingery writes: "The (Eastern?) Meadowlark looks like a "Lilian's" Eastern Meadowlark:
yellow throat with a very white cheek. It also appears to have a TON of
white in the tail. In semidesert grassland in the southwest, this is the
common meadowlark."