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 16 species which occur in Saudi Arabia.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cincturus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi
- Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
- Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Wood Lark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Saudi Arabia
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