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

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

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