Lark

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Larks

Crested Lark

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Family:	Alaudidae

Genera

Larks are passerine birds of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae. Only one species, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark.

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. This fact, combined with a willingness to expand into anthropogenic habitats — as long as these are not too intensively managed — has ensured larks a prominent place in literature and music (the skylark being eulogised in "The Lark Ascending" (1914) by Ralph Vaughan Williams, for example).

Larks nest on the ground, laying 2–6 speckled eggs. Like many ground birds, most lark species have long hind claws, which are thought to provide stability while standing.

Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. They feed on insects and seeds.

Larks symbolise happiness, hope, good fortune, freedom, joy, youth, creativity and a new day.

1 Species list in taxonomic order
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Species list in taxonomic order

Monotonous Lark, Mirafra passerina
Singing Bushlark, Mirafra cantillans
Australasian Bushlark, Mirafra javanica
Latakoo Lark, Mirafra cheniana
White-tailed Lark, Mirafra albicauda
Madagascar Lark, Mirafra hova
Kordofan Lark, Mirafrawilliamsi
Friedmann's Lark, Mirafra pulpa
Red-winged Lark, Mirafra hypermetra
Somali Long-billed Lark, Mirafra somalica
Ash's Lark, Mirafra ashi
Angola Lark, Mirafra angolensis
Rufous-naped Lark, Mirafra africana
Flappet Lark, Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Clapper Lark, Mirafra apiata
Collared Lark, Mirafra collaris
Indian Bushlark or Red-winged Bushlark, Mirafra erythroptera
Gillett's Lark, Mirafra gilletti
Fawn-colored Lark, Mirafra africanoides (sometimes placed in Calendulauda)
Rufous-winged Bushlark, Mirafra assamica
Jerdon's Bushlark Mirafra affinis
Rusty Lark, Mirafra rufa
Pink-breasted Lark, Mirafra poecilosterna (sometimes placed in Calendulauda)
Degodi Lark, Mirafra degodiensis
Sabota Lark, Mirafra sabota(sometimes placed in Calendulauda)
Rufous-rumped Lark, Pinarocorys erythropygia
Dusky Lark, Pinarocorys nigricans
Archer's Lark, Heteromirafra archeri
Sidamo Lark, Heteromirafra sidamoensis
Rudd's Lark, Heteromirafra ruddi
Cape Lark, Certhilauda curvirostris
Algulhas Long-billed Lark, Certhilauda brevirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark, Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark, Certhilauda subcoronata
Benguela Lark, Certhilauda benguelensis
Short-clawed Lark, Certhilauda chuana
Dune Lark, Certhilauda erythrochlamys
Karoo Lark, Certhilauda albescens
Barlow's Lark, Certhilauda barlowi
Ferruginous Lark, Certhilauda burra
Spike-heeled Lark, Chersomanes albofasciata
Black-eared Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix australis
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix leucotis
Black-crowned Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix nigriceps
Grey-backed Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix verticalis
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix signata
Fischer's Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix leucopareia
Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark, Eremopterix grisea
Bar-tailed Lark, Ammomanes cincturus
Rufous-tailed Lark, Ammomanes phoenicurus
Desert Lark, Ammomanes deserti
Gray's Lark, Ammomanes grayi
Greater Hoopoe-lark, Alaemon alaudipes
Lesser Hoopoe-lark, Alaemon hamertoni
Thick-billed Lark, Ramphocoris clotbey
Calandra Lark, Melanocorypha calandra
Bimaculated Lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata
Tibetan Lark, Melanocorypha maxima
Mongolian Lark, Melanocorypha mongolica
White-winged Lark, Melanocorypha leucoptera
Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
Blanford's Lark, Calandrella blanfordi
Hume's Lark, Calandrella acutirostris
Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandrella rufescens
Red-capped Lark, Calandrella cinerea
Asian Short-toed Lark, Calandrella cheleensis
Sand Lark, Calandrella raytal
Somali Short-toed Lark, Calandrella somalica
Pink-billed Lark, Spizocorys conirostris
Botha's Lark, Spizocorys fringillaris
Sclater's Lark, Spizocorys sclateri
Obbia Lark, Spizocorys obbiensis
Masked Lark, Spizocorys personata
Dunn's Lark, Eremalauda dunni
Stark's Lark, Eremalauda starki
Dupont's Lark, Chersophilus duponti
Crested Lark, Galerida cristata
Thekla Lark, Galerida theklae
Malabar Lark, Galerida malabarica
Sun Lark, Galerida modesta
Sykes's Lark, Tawny Lark or Sykes' Crested Lark, Galerida deva
Large-billed Lark, Galerida magnirostris
Short-tailed Lark, Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Wood Lark, Lullula arborea
Skylark, Alauda arvensis
Japanese Skylark, Alauda japonica
Oriental Skylark, Alauda gulgula
Raso Skylark, Alauda razae
Shore Lark or Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris
Temminck's Lark, Eremophila bilopha