Crested Lark

This is a common bird of dry open country and cultivation. It nests on the ground, laying two or three eggs. Its food is weed seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season.

The Crested Lark is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Crested Lark is included in the Latvian Red Book and in the list of the protected species. BalticBrightBirdsTM is a registered trademark of SIA "Baltic Bright".Design template Arthemia by Michael Hutagalung. More

The Crested Lark, Galerida cristata, breeds across most of temperate Eurasia from Portugal to northeast China and eastern India, and in Africa south to Niger. It is non-migratory, and the sedentary nature of this species is illustrated by the fact that it is only a very rare vagrant to Great Britain, despite breeding as close as northern France. This is a common bird of dry open country and cultivation. It nests on the ground, laying two or three eggs. More

A Crested lark, of the Alaudidae family Pronunciation * (UK) enPR: läk, IPA: /lɑːk/, SAMPA: /lA:k/ * (US) enPR: lärk, IPA: /lɑːɹk/, SAMPA: /lA:rk/ * Audio (US) Play sound (file) * Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k Etymology 1 From late Old English More

Your shot of the Crested Lark is sharp, and well composed and I like the extra insertion showing the lark in flight. More

Crested Lark is 'often difficult to separate from song of Thekla' doesn't send us out into the field full of confidence! It does, though, confirm our experience. And then there's habitat. Although there is some overlap, as pointed out by Mullarney et al, Thekla is generally a bird of arid, barren, rocky areas, while Crested is the much more likely bird in cultivated areas or near human habitation. More

Crested Lark determination Similar species Alaudidae Bar-tailed Lark | Bimaculated Lark | Black Lark | Calandra Lark | Crested Lark | Duponts Lark | Lesser Short-Toed Lark | Shore Lark | Short-Toed Lark | Sky Lark | Temmincks Horned Lark | Thekla Lark | White-winged Lark | Wood Lark | source: youtube More

For the purposes of our bird news services, Crested Lark is classed as Mega: species which have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable. More

The Crested Lark inhabits the dry desert plains of Western and Southern Kazakhstan and also foothills of East and South-East. The detailed distribution in Kazakhstan please see in the chapter "Races". More

Rare crested lark sighting at Dungeness = Comments | Read all comments on this story. Picture Gallery - A flock of twitchers looking for the crested lark A flock of twitchers looking for the crested lark. Picture : Gary Browne A flock of twitchers looking for the crested lark. A flock of twitchers looking for the crested lark. More

almost white, whereas Crested Lark has reddish-orange underwing. PROTECTION / THREATS / STATUS: Anarchic human developments in some areas involved the disappearance of suitable biotopes for this species. The changes in traditional agriculture for overexploitation and intensive rearing threaten little by little the Thekla Lark’s habitat. However, populations are not threatened at this moment, and numbers seem to be stable. More

Crested Lark, Kent, Dungeness 30th April 2009 © Richard Bayldon Crested Lark - Crested Lark, Kent, Dungeness 01.05.09 © Rik Addison Very flighty but eventually showed ok at a distance Crested Lark - Crested Lark, Kent, Dungeness 3-05-09 © Alan Tate Spent most of its time on the ground for a change today, unfortunately usually out of site behind a ridge. Copies available (£2) alan@aabirdpix. More

Crested Lark - Definition = Crested Lark Galerida_cristata_(Marek_Szczepanek). More

The Malabar Lark, or Malabar Crested Lark, Galerida malabarica, is a sedentary breeding bird in western India. This is a common bird of open country, cultivation and scrub, often at some altitude. It nests on the ground, laying two to three eggs. Its food is seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season. This is a smallish lark, slightly smaller than the Skylark. It has a long spiky erectile crest. More

Crested Lark calls in flight Galerida cristata meridionalis (0:19) Stuart Fisher XC24819 24-10-2006, Turkey Crested Lark calls on taking flight Galerida cristata meridionalis (0:56) Stuart Fisher XC27995 24-10-2006, Turkey Crested Lark calls perched Galerida cristata (0:16) Marco Dragonetti XC29795 06-06-2004, Italy Crested Lark flight calls More

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