Montana State Bird Western Meadowlark TeeMontana State Bird Western Meadowlark Tee The Western Meadowlark has a syrinx the avian voice box with two independent sides it can use simultaneously, producing that layered, flute like song no human instrument quite replicates. Montana's state bird owns the open grasslands and wheat fields, that bright yellow chest and bold black V unmistakable on a fence post against a big sky morning. Across Montana, Western Meadowlarks sing above bitterroot