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 20 species which occur in Sudan.
- Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Kordofan Lark Mirafra cordofanica
- Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
- Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
- Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rusty Lark Mirafra rufa
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signata
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cincturus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sudan
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