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 23 species which occur in Kenya.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Williams's Lark Mirafra williamsi (E)
- 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
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Foxy Lark Calendulauda alopex
- Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata (A)
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-lark Eremopterix signata
- Fischer's Sparrow-lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- 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 Kenya
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