Larks
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Alaudidae
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 29 species which occur in Ethiopia.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Friedmann's Lark Mirafra pulpa
- Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
- Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
- Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
- Collared Lark Mirafra collaris
- Gillett's Lark Mirafra gilletti
- Degodi Lark Mirafra degodiensis (E)
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Foxy Lark Calendulauda alopex
- Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri (A)
- Sidamo Lark Heteromirafra sidamoensis (E)
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signata
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Erlanger's Lark Calandrella erlangeri (E)
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Somali Short-toed Lark Calandrella somalica
- Masked Lark Spizocorys personata
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Thekla Lark Galerida theklae
- Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ethiopia
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