Larks
Order: Passeriformes Family: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights, zigzagging flocks ! ? 14-40 individuals). Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species world wide, and 2 North American species.
- ( * SW) Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris (winter, migrating SE-ward)
- Skylark, Alauda arvensis
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Horned Lark
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Violet-green
Swallow
Read more about this topic: List Of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona)
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