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  2. Lark - Wikipedia

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    Some larks have heavy bills (reaching an extreme in the thick-billed lark) for cracking seeds open, while others have long, down-curved bills, which are especially suitable for digging. [14] Larks are the only passerines that lose all their feathers in their first moult (in all species whose first moult is known). This may result from the poor ...

  3. List of lark species - Wikipedia

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    Larks form the family Alaudidae.The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 102 species of larks distributed among 34 genera. [1]This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

  4. Thekla's lark - Wikipedia

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    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 common bird of dry open country, often at some altitude.

  5. Bar-tailed lark - Wikipedia

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    The bar-tailed lark is similar to the desert lark in appearance, but at 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in), is slightly smaller, with a smaller, more domed head, a smaller beak, thinner legs and a shorter tail. The upper parts are sandy-buff washed with grey, while the underparts are whitish with little if any streaking, and the breast and flanks ...

  6. Plains lark - Wikipedia

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    The plains lark was formally described in 1943 by the English orthithologist Charles M.N. White based on a specimen collected near Balovale (now the town of Zambezi) in northwest Zambia near the border with Angola. He considered it to be a subspecies of the rufous-naped lark and coined the trinomial name Mirafra africana kabalii.

  7. Mediterranean short-toed lark - Wikipedia

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    The Mediterranean short-toed lark was originally described as belonging to the genus Alauda. The genus name Alaudala is a diminutive of Alauda, and the specific rufescens is Latin for "reddish", from rufus "red". [3] Alternate names for the lesser short-toed lark include the common short-toed lark, grey lark, rufous short-toed lark and short ...

  8. Singing bush lark - Wikipedia

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    The singing bush lark was formally described in 1821 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield from a specimen collected on the island of Java. He placed the lark in the genus Mirafra and coined the binomial name Mirafra javanica. [2] [3] The singing bush lark is one of 100 species of larks of the rather large and fairly diverse family ...

  9. Mongolian lark - Wikipedia

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    The Mongolian lark is known for its elaborate singing and even well into adulthood, is able to learn new songs. While female Mongolian larks don’t sing, they have noteworthy song control nuclei with strong connectivity. Male Mongolian larks have large song bouts and song phrases that allow them to have extremely large song control nuclei. [3]

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