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The smallest larks are likely the Spizocorys species, which can weigh only around 14 g (0.49 oz) in species like the pink-billed lark and the Obbia lark, while the largest lark is the Tibetan lark. [15] Like many ground birds, most lark species have long hind claws, which are thought to provide stability while standing.
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 ...
A fairly small lark, the crested lark is roughly the same size as a Eurasian skylark, but shorter overall and bulkier around the head and body, and very similar in appearance, [7] with a height of 17 cm (6.7 in) and a wingspan of 29 to 38 cm (11 to 15 in), weighing between 37 and 55 g (1.3 and 1.9 oz). [8]
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 , "short", and daktulos , "toe".
The black lark was originally placed in the genus Alauda. [2] The current genus name is from Ancient Greek. Melanocorypha is from melas, "black", and koruphos a term used by ancient writers for a now unknown bird, but here confused with korudos, "lark". The specific yeltoniensis is from Lake Yelton in the Volgograd region of Russia. [3]
Here’s what you might not know about the country’s top five most commonly sighted backyard birds, according to 2015 to 2021 data from Project FeederWatch, a November to April survey of birds ...
The plateau lark was formally described in 1900 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow based on a specimen collected in Tanzania north of Lake Malawi on the Kitulo Plateau. He considered it to be a subspecies of the rufous-naped lark and coined the trinomial name Mirafra africana nigrescens . [ 1 ]
Dunn's lark is a stocky bird with a large head and broad wings. It is 14 to 15 cm long with a wingspan of 25 to 30 cm. [4] The upperparts are pale sandy-brown with darker streaks. The underparts are whitish with some dark streaks on the breast. There is a pale stripe over the eye and a pale ring around it.