Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Larks :: Horned Lark

Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Shore Lark, Przewalski's Lark
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 19, 2008 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Feb 19, 2008 © William Hull  Voice of America Park, Butler County, Ohio, USA - Jun 13, 2005 © William Hull  Voice of America Park, Butler County, Ohio, USA - Jun 13, 2005 © William Hull  Voice of America Park, Butler County, Ohio, USA - Jun 13, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

North America, n. Central America, Europe and Asia;
(1) N. Europe from Franz Josef Land, c. and n. Norway, n. Sweden, and n. Finland e. across n. Russia (Novaya Zemlya and Anadyrland), Lake Baikal to ne. Asia (nw. Amurland).
(2) Se. Europe (Greece and s. Balkans).
(3) W. and c. Asia Minor.
(4)(3) E. Turkey, Middle East, s. Russia, and the Caucasus e. to n. and w. Iran.
(5) Sw. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and ne. Iran e. to w. Tien Shan and s. nw. Pakistan.
(6) Se. European Russia (lower Volga River) across n. Transcaspia to n. China (Manchuria) and s. to n. Turkmenistan, Tien Shan, and Mongolia.
(7) Himalayas of ne. Pakistan, nw. India (Kashmir) e. to Sikkim.
(8) W. China (c. and e. Kun Lun Mountains and from s. Xinjiang e. to nw. Qinghai and s. to n. Xizang).
(9) China (n. Qinghai in the Qaidam Basin).
(10) Nw. India (Ladakh), w. Tibetan Plateau, and ex. w. China (w. Kun Lun Mountains).
(11) S. and e. Tibetan Plateau.
(12) Nw. China (mountains of ne. Qinghai).
(13) S. China (se. Xizang and w. Sichuan).
(14) C. Morocco (Atlas Mountains).
(15) Lebanon and n. Israel-s. Syria border (Mt. Hermon).
(16) W. and n. Alaska and w. Canada (Yukon s. to British Columbia).
(17) Ex. nw. United States (w. Washington, Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range).
(18) N. Canada (n. Baffin Is. s. to n. Alberta and w. Ontario).
(19) E. Canada (w. Ontario, n. Quebec, n. Labrador, and Newfoundland).
(20) Sw. Canada (s. Alberta) s. in wc. United States s. to Colorado and New Mexico.
(21) Great Plains from sc. Canada (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) s. in c. United States to Oklahoma and Texas.
(22) Se. Canada e. to Nova Scotia, c. and ec. United States from Minnesota s. to Kansas and North Carolina.
(23) Ex. Sw. Canada (coastal s. British Columbia) and nw. United States s. to Oregon.
(24) W. coast of Canada (British Columbia) and w. United States s. to n. California.
(25) Interior mountains of w. United States (Washington s. to n. California and Nevada).
(26) Mountains of wc. United States (Idaho s. to c. Nevada and Utah).
(27) Mountains of ne. California.
(28) C. California.
(29) Coastal ranges of s. California and ex. Nw. Mexico (n. Baja).
(30) Sw. California islands (Channel Islands).
(31) Sw. United States (se. California in the Mojave Desert and Amargosa Desert and adjacent nw. Nevada).
(32) Sw. United States in the Colorado Desert from sw. Nevada and w. Arizona s. to ex. Nw. Mexico (ne. Baja and nw. Sonora).
(33) Sw. United States (n. Arizona e. to c. New Mexico).
(34) Sw. United States (s. Arizona e. to s. New Mexico).
(35) Coastal s. United States (s. Texas, sw. and nw. Louisiana, c. Missouri, c. Tennessee, n. Alabama, South Carolina) s. to ne. Mexico.
(36) Nw. Mexico (c. Baja).
(37) Nw. Mexico from c. Sonora s. to Durango.
(38) E. Mexico (ex. se. Coahuila s. to ne. Puebla).
(39) Ne. Mexico (Coahuila).
(40) Sc. Mexico on the Mexican Plateau from Zacatexas s. to Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos and Veracruz.
(41) S. Mexico (e. Oaxaca to sealevel at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec).
(42) Andes of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense n. of Bogota, Cundinamarca and Boyaca).

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Telpost Parnassia
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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