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Sonora horned lark (E. a. leucansiptila) – (Oberholser, ... A female in the south can lay 2-3 broods a year while in the north, 1 brood a year is more common.
Greater hoopoe-lark: Alaemon alaudipes (Desfontaines, 1789) 1 Lesser hoopoe-lark: Alaemon hamertoni Witherby, 1905: 2 Beesley's lark: Chersomanes beesleyi Benson, 1966: 3 Spike-heeled lark: Chersomanes albofasciata (Lafresnaye, 1836) 4 Gray's lark: Ammomanopsis grayi (Wahlberg, 1855) 5 Short-clawed lark: Certhilauda chuana (Smith, A, 1836) 6 ...
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.
Horned larks hunker in the dense grass. There are rock wrens, nighthawks, mourning doves and lark buntings. Horton is recording the species and number of birds and assessing their habitat.
"With 60% of the votes, the Hefty Horned Lark takes home the gold as Wisconsin's chonkiest, floofiest bird," the NRF announced Tuesday. Horned larks are the only lark species native to North America.
Eremophila Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Alaudidae Genus: Eremophila F. Boie, 1828 Type species Alauda alpestris Linnaeus, 1758 Species see text Synonyms Otocorys Phileremos Pliocalcarius The bird genus Eremophila comprises the two horned larks. Taxonomy and systematics ...
Unlike most other larks, Temminck's lark is a distinctive looking species on the ground, similar to the other, larger, member of its genus, the horned lark.The 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) adult is mainly reddish brown-grey above and pale below, and it has a striking black and white face pattern and a distinctive black patch on its breast.
A female snow bunting wintering atop Mount Agamenticus in York, ME. ... Another species that it may occur with is the horned lark, ...