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Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a Cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occurs in Australia. Habitats vary widely, but many species live in dry regions. When the word "lark" is used without specification, it often refers to the Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis).

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a Cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occurs in Australia. Habitats vary widely, but many species live in dry regions. When the word "lark" is used without specification, it often refers to the Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis).

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Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

The horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) is a passerine bird found across the northern hemisphere. It is known as "horned lark" in North America and "shore lark" in Europe.

Crested lark

Galerida cristata

The crested lark (Galerida cristata ) is a species of lark widespread across Eurasia and northern Africa. It is a non-migratory bird, but can occasionally be found as a vagrant in Great Britain.

Woodlark

Lullula arborea

The woodlark or wood lark (Lullula arborea ) is the only extant species in the lark genus Lullula. It is found across most of Europe, the Middle East, western Asia and the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident (non-migratory) in the west...

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird widespread across Europe and the Palearctic. It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 meters...

Calandra lark

Melanocorypha calandra

The calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra ) or European calandra-lark breeds in warm temperate countries around the Mediterranean and eastwards through Turkey into northern Iran and southern Russia. It is replaced further east by its relative, the...

Greater hoopoe-lark

Alaemon alaudipes

The greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes ) is a passerine bird which is a breeding resident of arid, desert and semi-desert regions from the Cape Verde Islands across much of northern Africa, through the Arabian peninsula, Syria, Afghanistan,...

Greater short-toed lark

Calandrella brachydactyla

The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla ) is a small passerine bird. The current scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, Calandrella, is a diminutive of kalandros, the calandra lark, and brachydactila is from brakhus,...

Oriental skylark

Alauda gulgula

The Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula ), also known as the small skylark, is a species of skylark found in the southern, central and eastern Palearctic. Like other skylarks, it is found in open grassland where it feeds on seeds and insects.

Desert lark

Ammomanes deserti

The desert lark (Ammomanes deserti ) breeds in deserts and semi-deserts from Morocco to western India. It has a very wide distribution and faces no obvious threats, and surveys have shown that it is slowly increasing in numbers as it expands its...

Temminck's lark

Eremophila bilopha

Temminck's lark (Eremophila bilopha ) or Temminck's horned lark, is a bird species of the family Alaudidae. It breeds across much of north Africa, through northern Saudi Arabia to western Iraq. It is mainly resident, but some populations of this...

Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark

Eremopterix griseus

The ashy-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix griseus ) is a small sparrow-sized member of the lark family. It is found in the plains in open land with bare ground, grass and scrub across South Asia. The males are well marked with a contrasting...

Bimaculated lark

Melanocorypha bimaculata

The bimaculated lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata ) breeds in warm temperate countries eastwards from Turkey into Central Asia. It is the eastern counterpart of its relative, the calandra lark.

Indian bush lark

Mirafra erythroptera

The Indian bush lark (Mirafra erythroptera ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in South Asia.

Horsfield's bush lark

Mirafra javanica

Horsfield's bush lark (Mirafra javanica ) is a species of lark which inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia.

Black-crowned sparrow-lark

Eremopterix nigriceps

The black-crowned sparrow-lark (Eremopterix nigriceps ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found across northern Africa from Mauritania through the Middle East to north-western India. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Black lark

Melanocorypha yeltoniensis

The black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in south-eastern Russia and Kazakhstan.

Rufous-naped lark

Mirafra africana

The rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana ) or rufous-naped bush lark is a widespread and conspicuous species of lark in the lightly wooded grasslands, open savannas and farmlands of the Afrotropics. Males attract attention to themselves by a bold and...

Raso lark

Alauda razae

The Raso lark (Alauda razae ) is a small passerine bird with a highly restricted range, being found only on Raso islet in the Cape Verde Islands. This critically endangered member of the family Alaudidae lives in very arid terrain, and is considered...

Rufous-tailed lark

Ammomanes phoenicura

The rufous-tailed lark (Ammomanes phoenicura ), also sometimes called the rufous-tailed finch-lark, is a ground bird found in the drier open stony habitats of India and parts of Pakistan. Like other species in the genus it has a large finch-like...

Bar-tailed lark

Ammomanes cinctura

The bar-tailed lark, or bar-tailed desert lark, (Ammomanes cinctura ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. Two other species, the rufous-tailed lark and the Cape clapper lark are both also sometimes referred to using the name bar-tailed...

Thekla's lark

Galerida theklae

Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae ), also known as the Thekla lark, is a species of lark that breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia. It is a sedentary (non-migratory) species. This is a...

Malabar lark

Galerida malabarica

The Malabar lark, or Malabar crested lark (Galerida malabarica ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in western India.

Bengal bush lark

Mirafra assamica

The Bengal bush lark (Mirafra assamica ) or Bengal lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Asia.

Jerdon's bush lark

Mirafra affinis

Jerdon's bush lark (Mirafra affinis ) or Jerdon's lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in south Asia. This was formerly considered as a subspecies of Mirafra assamica and termed as the Madras bushlark. Two other species in the...

White-winged lark

Alauda leucoptera

The white-winged lark (Alauda leucoptera ) is a species of lark found from southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan to south-central Russia. It is partially migratory, with birds tending to move south in winter. The southernmost birds are mainly...

Sand lark

Alaudala raytal

The sand lark (Alaudala raytal ) is a small passerine bird in the lark family, Alaudidae, found in southern Asia. It is somewhat similar, but smaller than the short-toed larks.

Dupont's lark

Chersophilus duponti

Dupont's lark (Chersophilus duponti ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae of the monotypic genus Chersophilus. It is found in northern Africa and Spain.

Sykes's lark

Galerida deva

Sykes's lark (Galerida deva ) is a species of lark found in the dry open country of India. Its distribution is mainly restricted to central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere on the sub-continent. It is identified by its...

Singing bush lark

Mirafra cantillans

The singing bush lark (Mirafra cantillans ) is a species of lark found in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Red-capped lark

Calandrella cinerea

The red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea, is a small passerine bird. This lark breeds in the highlands of eastern Africa southwards from Ethiopia and Somaliland. In the south, its range stretches across the continent to Angola and south to the Cape...

Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark

Eremopterix leucotis

The chestnut-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis ) is a passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

Asian short-toed lark

Alaudala cheleensis

The Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis ) is a lark in the family Alaudidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1871. It is found from south-central to eastern Asia.

Sabota lark

Calendulauda sabota

The sabota lark (Calendulauda sabota ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa in its natural habitats of dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Maghreb lark

Galerida macrorhyncha

The Maghreb lark (Galerida macrorhyncha ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in the Maghreb desert of north-eastern Africa.

Mongolian lark

Melanocorypha mongolica

The Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found from southern Russia and Mongolia to central China.

Archer's lark

Heteromirafra archeri

Archer's lark (Heteromirafra archeri ), also known as the Liben lark, is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in Somalia, Somaliland and Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or...

Cape clapper lark

Mirafra apiata

The Cape clapper lark (Mirafra apiata ) is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It derives its name from the wing clapping which forms part of the display flight. The Cape clapper lark is a species of open grassland and savannah,...

Flappet lark

Mirafra rufocinnamomea

The flappet lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae, widespread across Sub-Saharan Africa. The name flappet originates from the distinctive wing flapping sound made during its breeding season.

Japanese skylark

Alauda arvensis japonica

The Japanese skylark (Alauda arvensis japonica ) is a subspecies of Eurasian skylark. Formerly, combined with five other subspecies of the Eurasian skylark, it was considered to be its own separate species (as Alauda japonica ).

Spike-heeled lark

Chersomanes albofasciata

The spike-heeled lark (Chersomanes albofasciata ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in southern Africa.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded...

Thick-billed lark

Ramphocoris clotbey

The thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey ) or Clotbey lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.

Dunn's lark

Eremalauda dunni

Dunn's lark (Eremalauda dunni ) is a small passerine bird of the lark family. It is a desert bird which is found across parts of the Sahara from Mauritania to central Sudan.

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